#2A798C#2A798C

#2A798C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.080 H 216.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A798C
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 140)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(192, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 13.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, -17.34, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 24.51, 224.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% -0.0642 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.08 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5239, 16.0590, 27.2455)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A798C #8C3D2A

analogous

#2A8C6E #2A798C #2A488C

triadic

#2A798C #8C2A79 #798C2A

tetradic

#2A798C #6E2A8C #8C3D2A #488C2A

square

#2A798C #6E2A8C #8C3D2A #488C2A

split-complementary

#2A798C #8C2A48 #8C6E2A

monochromatic

#0E282E #1C505D #2A798C #38A2BB #61BAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#2A798C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#2A798C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A798C

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A798C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A798C	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)

#6C758D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a798c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.080 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a0ad',
    500: '#2a798c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a798c;
$custom-light: #71a0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a798c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.633,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53664,
    "c": 0.08033,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A798C

secondary

#B56E5C

accent

#674BDD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090E10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A798C

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

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