#2A78A1#2A78A1

#2A78A1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.098 H 235.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A78A1
RGB	rgb(42, 120, 161)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 25.5%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, -9.53, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 30.34, 251.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% -0.055 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.098 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1018, 16.4968, 36.1523)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A78A1 #A1532A

analogous

#2AA18E #2A78A1 #2A3DA1

triadic

#2A78A1 #A12A78 #78A12A

tetradic

#2A78A1 #8E2AA1 #A1532A #3DA12A

square

#2A78A1 #8E2AA1 #A1532A #3DA12A

split-complementary

#2A78A1 #A12A3D #A18E2A

monochromatic

#113040 #1D5470 #2A78A1 #3C9BCC #6DB4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#2A78A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#2A78A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A78A1

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A78A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A78A1	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6477A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a78a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 120, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.098 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749ebd',
    500: '#2a78a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a78a1;
$custom-light: #749ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a78a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.672,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54409,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A78A1

secondary

#C08667

accent

#7C46E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A78A1

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

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