#2A6E9C#2A6E9C

#2A6E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.099 H 242.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A6E9C
RGB	rgb(42, 110, 156)
HSL	hsl(204, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(204, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 29.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, -5.42, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 31.53, 260.10°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% -0.0466 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.099 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5292, 14.0430, 33.4963)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A6E9C #9C582A

analogous

#2A9C91 #2A6E9C #2A359C

triadic

#2A6E9C #9C2A6E #6E9C2A

tetradic

#2A6E9C #912A9C #9C582A #359C2A

square

#2A6E9C #912A9C #9C582A #359C2A

split-complementary

#2A6E9C #9C2A35 #9C912A

monochromatic

#102A3C #1D4C6C #2A6E9C #3990CA #6AABD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#2A6E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#2A6E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6E9C

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A6E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A6E9C	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49649B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a6e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 110, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.099 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7397b9',
    500: '#2a6e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a6e9c;
$custom-light: #7397b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a6e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51694,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A6E9C

secondary

#BD8865

accent

#8547E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6E9C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →