#2A6F8E#2A6F8E

#2A6F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.084 H 231.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A6F8E
RGB	rgb(42, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, -11.02, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 25.74, 244.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.22% -0.0526 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(51.22% 0.084 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5198, 13.8128, 27.6450)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A6F8E #8E492A

analogous

#2A8E7B #2A6F8E #2A3D8E

triadic

#2A6F8E #8E2A6F #6F8E2A

tetradic

#2A6F8E #7B2A8E #8E492A #3D8E2A

square

#2A6F8E #7B2A8E #8E492A #3D8E2A

split-complementary

#2A6F8E #8E2A3D #8E7B2A

monochromatic

#0E2530 #1C4A5F #2A6F8E #3894BD #62AED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#2A6F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#2A6F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A6F8E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A6F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A6F8E	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52648E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a6f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.084 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098af',
    500: '#2a6f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a6f8e;
$custom-light: #7098af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a6f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51219,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A6F8E

secondary

#B6795D

accent

#784ADE

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A6F8E

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

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