#2A6E8E#2A6E8E

#2A6E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.084 H 232.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A6E8E
RGB	rgb(42, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, -10.44, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 25.94, 246.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.97% -0.0515 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(50.97% 0.084 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4113, 13.5958, 27.6088)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A6E8E #8E4A2A

analogous

#2A8E7C #2A6E8E #2A3C8E

triadic

#2A6E8E #8E2A6E #6E8E2A

tetradic

#2A6E8E #7C2A8E #8E4A2A #3C8E2A

square

#2A6E8E #7C2A8E #8E4A2A #3C8E2A

split-complementary

#2A6E8E #8E2A3C #8E7C2A

monochromatic

#0E2530 #1C495F #2A6E8E #3893BD #62ADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#2A6E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#2A6E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6E8E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A6E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A6E8E	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50638E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a6e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.084 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7097af',
    500: '#2a6e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a6e8e;
$custom-light: #7097af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a6e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50967,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A6E8E

secondary

#B67A5D

accent

#794ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6E8E

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

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