#2A6D9C#2A6D9C

#2A6D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.100 H 242.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A6D9C
RGB	rgb(42, 109, 156)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(205, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 30.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, -4.82, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 31.91, 261.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% -0.0455 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.1 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4219, 13.8284, 33.4605)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A6D9C #9C592A

analogous

#2A9C92 #2A6D9C #2A349C

triadic

#2A6D9C #9C2A6D #6D9C2A

tetradic

#2A6D9C #922A9C #9C592A #349C2A

square

#2A6D9C #922A9C #9C592A #349C2A

split-complementary

#2A6D9C #9C2A34 #9C922A

monochromatic

#102A3C #1D4B6C #2A6D9C #398ECA #6AAAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#2A6D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#2A6D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6D9C

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A6D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A6D9C	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48639B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a6d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 109, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.100 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7396b9',
    500: '#2a6d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a6d9c;
$custom-light: #7396b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a6d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.737,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5145,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A6D9C

secondary

#BD8965

accent

#8647E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6D9C

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

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