#2A6E99#2A6E99

#2A6E99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.096 H 240.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A6E99
RGB	rgb(42, 110, 153)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(203, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, -6.51, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 30.22, 257.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% -0.0476 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.096 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2783, 13.9426, 32.1749)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A6E99 #99552A

analogous

#2A998C #2A6E99 #2A3799

triadic

#2A6E99 #992A6E #6E992A

tetradic

#2A6E99 #8C2A99 #99552A #37992A

square

#2A6E99 #8C2A99 #99552A #37992A

split-complementary

#2A6E99 #992A37 #998C2A

monochromatic

#102939 #1D4B69 #2A6E99 #3890C8 #68ABD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#2A6E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#2A6E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6E99

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A6E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A6E99	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6E9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a6e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 110, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.096 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7297b7',
    500: '#2a6e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a6e99;
$custom-light: #7297b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a6e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.243,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51533,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A6E99

secondary

#BC8563

accent

#8348E0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6E99

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

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