#2A6D8F#2A6D8F

#2A6D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.086 H 234.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A6D8F
RGB	rgb(42, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(200, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(200, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, -9.50, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 26.52, 249.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% -0.0501 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.086 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3795, 13.4114, 27.9702)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A6D8F #8F4C2A

analogous

#2A8F7F #2A6D8F #2A3B8F

triadic

#2A6D8F #8F2A6D #6D8F2A

tetradic

#2A6D8F #7F2A8F #8F4C2A #3B8F2A

square

#2A6D8F #7F2A8F #8F4C2A #3B8F2A

split-complementary

#2A6D8F #8F2A3B #8F7F2A

monochromatic

#0E2530 #1C4960 #2A6D8F #3891BE #62ACD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#2A6D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#2A6D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6D8F

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A6D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A6D8F	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a6d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.086 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096b0',
    500: '#2a6d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a6d8f;
$custom-light: #7096b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a6d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.198,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50766,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A6D8F

secondary

#B77C5E

accent

#7C4ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6D8F

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

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