#2A798B#2A798B

#2A798B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.080 H 215.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A798B
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 139)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, -17.68, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 24.38, 223.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% -0.0646 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.08 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4505, 16.0297, 26.8590)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A798B #8B3C2A

analogous

#2A8B6C #2A798B #2A488B

triadic

#2A798B #8B2A79 #798B2A

tetradic

#2A798B #6C2A8B #8B3C2A #488B2A

square

#2A798B #6C2A8B #8B3C2A #488B2A

split-complementary

#2A798B #8B2A48 #8B6C2A

monochromatic

#0E272D #1C505C #2A798B #38A2BA #60BBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#2A798B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#2A798B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A798B

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A798B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A798B	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D758C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a798b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.080 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0ad',
    500: '#2a798b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a798b;
$custom-light: #71a0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a798b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.134,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53621,
    "c": 0.07977,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A798B

secondary

#B56C5C

accent

#664BDD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A798B

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

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