#2A6DC9#2A6DC9

#2A6DC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.158 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A6DC9
RGB	rgb(42, 109, 201)
HSL	hsl(215, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 45.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 12.09, -53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 55.11, 282.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% -0.0343 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.158 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9622, 15.6445, 57.3727)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A6DC9 #C9862A

analogous

#2ABCC9 #2A6DC9 #372AC9

triadic

#2A6DC9 #C92A6D #6DC92A

tetradic

#2A6DC9 #C92ABC #C9862A #2AC937

square

#2A6DC9 #C92ABC #C9862A #2AC937

split-complementary

#2A6DC9 #C9372A #BCC92A

monochromatic

#153664 #1F5296 #2A6DC9 #558EDB #87AFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#2A6DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#2A6DC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6DC9

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A6DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A6DC9	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C76CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1467C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a6dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 109, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.158 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c96da',
    500: '#2a6dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a6dc9;
$custom-light: #7c96da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a6dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.717,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54236,
    "c": 0.15811,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A6DC9

secondary

#D0AE7F

accent

#A13FE8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF1FB

border

#CACBD4

text

#0B0D15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6DC9

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

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