#2A78A2#2A78A2

#2A78A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.099 H 236.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A78A2
RGB	rgb(42, 120, 162)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(201, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 25.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, -9.17, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 30.72, 252.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% -0.0547 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.099 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.1903, 16.5322, 36.6186)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A78A2 #A2542A

analogous

#2AA290 #2A78A2 #2A3CA2

triadic

#2A78A2 #A22A78 #78A22A

tetradic

#2A78A2 #902AA2 #A2542A #3CA22A

square

#2A78A2 #902AA2 #A2542A #3CA22A

split-complementary

#2A78A2 #A22A3C #A2902A

monochromatic

#113041 #1D5471 #2A78A2 #3D9ACD #6DB3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#2A78A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#2A78A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A78A2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A78A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A78A2	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6478A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a78a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 120, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.099 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749ebd',
    500: '#2a78a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a78a2;
$custom-light: #749ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a78a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54461,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A78A2

secondary

#C08768

accent

#7C46E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A78A2

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

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