#2A798A#2A798A

#2A798A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.079 H 214.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A798A
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 138)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, -18.01, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 24.26, 222.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% -0.0651 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.079 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3777, 16.0006, 26.4759)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A798A #8A3B2A

analogous

#2A8A6B #2A798A #2A498A

triadic

#2A798A #8A2A79 #798A2A

tetradic

#2A798A #6B2A8A #8A3B2A #498A2A

square

#2A798A #6B2A8A #8A3B2A #498A2A

split-complementary

#2A798A #8A2A49 #8A6B2A

monochromatic

#0D272C #1C505B #2A798A #38A2B9 #60BBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#2A798A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#2A798A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A798A

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A798A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A798A	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D758B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a798a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.079 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0ac',
    500: '#2a798a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a798a;
$custom-light: #71a0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a798a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53577,
    "c": 0.07925,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A798A

secondary

#B46B5B

accent

#654BDD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A798A

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

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