#2A78A0#2A78A0

#2A78A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.097 H 235.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A78A0
RGB	rgb(42, 120, 160)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(200, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 25%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, -9.88, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 29.96, 250.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% -0.0554 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.097 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0140, 16.4616, 35.6897)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A78A0 #A0522A

analogous

#2AA08D #2A78A0 #2A3DA0

triadic

#2A78A0 #A02A78 #78A02A

tetradic

#2A78A0 #8D2AA0 #A0522A #3DA02A

square

#2A78A0 #8D2AA0 #A0522A #3DA02A

split-complementary

#2A78A0 #A02A3D #A08D2A

monochromatic

#112F3F #1D5470 #2A78A0 #3C9BCC #6CB4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#2A78A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#2A78A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A78A0

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A78A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A78A0	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6577A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a78a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 120, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.097 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749ebc',
    500: '#2a78a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a78a0;
$custom-light: #749ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a78a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.339,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54359,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A78A0

secondary

#BF8567

accent

#7B46E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A78A0

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

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