#2A6D8B#2A6D8B

#2A6D8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.082 H 230.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A6D8B
RGB	rgb(42, 109, 139)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, -10.91, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 25.14, 244.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.57% -0.0516 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(50.57% 0.082 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0818, 13.2924, 26.4027)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A6D8B #8B482A

analogous

#2A8B78 #2A6D8B #2A3C8B

triadic

#2A6D8B #8B2A6D #6D8B2A

tetradic

#2A6D8B #782A8B #8B482A #3C8B2A

square

#2A6D8B #782A8B #8B482A #3C8B2A

split-complementary

#2A6D8B #8B2A3C #8B782A

monochromatic

#0E232D #1C485C #2A6D8B #3892BA #60ADCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#2A6D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#2A6D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6D8B

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A6D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A6D8B	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a6d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 109, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.082 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096ad',
    500: '#2a6d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a6d8b;
$custom-light: #7096ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a6d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.557,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50568,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A6D8B

secondary

#B5775C

accent

#784BDD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6D8B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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