#2A6F8D#2A6F8D

#2A6F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.083 H 230.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A6F8D
RGB	rgb(42, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, -11.37, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 25.41, 243.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% -0.053 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.083 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4451, 13.7830, 27.2513)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A6F8D #8D482A

analogous

#2A8D79 #2A6F8D #2A3D8D

triadic

#2A6F8D #8D2A6F #6F8D2A

tetradic

#2A6F8D #792A8D #8D482A #3D8D2A

square

#2A6F8D #792A8D #8D482A #3D8D2A

split-complementary

#2A6F8D #8D2A3D #8D792A

monochromatic

#0E252F #1C4A5E #2A6F8D #3894BC #61AFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#2A6F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#2A6F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6F8D

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A6F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A6F8D	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52638D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a6f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.083 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098ae',
    500: '#2a6f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a6f8d;
$custom-light: #7098ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a6f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5117,
    "c": 0.08285,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A6F8D

secondary

#B6785D

accent

#774ADD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6F8D

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

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