#2A799A#2A799A

#2A799A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.091 H 229.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A799A
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 154)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, -12.57, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 27.71, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.0586 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.091 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6226, 16.4985, 33.0322)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A799A #9A4B2A

analogous

#2A9A83 #2A799A #2A419A

triadic

#2A799A #9A2A79 #799A2A

tetradic

#2A799A #832A9A #9A4B2A #419A2A

square

#2A799A #832A9A #9A4B2A #419A2A

split-complementary

#2A799A #9A2A41 #9A832A

monochromatic

#102D3A #1D536A #2A799A #389EC9 #68B6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#2A799A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#2A799A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A799A

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A799A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A799A	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)

#68779C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a799a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.091 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739fb8',
    500: '#2a799a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a799a;
$custom-light: #739fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a799a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.679,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54309,
    "c": 0.09076,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A799A

secondary

#BC7E63

accent

#7447E0

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A799A

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

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