#2A799C#2A799C

#2A799C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.093 H 231.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A799C
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 156)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, -11.87, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 28.34, 245.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% -0.0579 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.093 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.7906, 16.5657, 33.9167)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A799C #9C4D2A

analogous

#2A9C86 #2A799C #2A409C

triadic

#2A799C #9C2A79 #799C2A

tetradic

#2A799C #862A9C #9C4D2A #409C2A

square

#2A799C #862A9C #9C4D2A #409C2A

split-complementary

#2A799C #9C2A40 #9C862A

monochromatic

#102E3C #1D546C #2A799C #399DCA #6AB5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#2A799C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#2A799C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A799C

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A799C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A799C	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67779E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a799c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.093 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#739fb9',
    500: '#2a799c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a799c;
$custom-light: #739fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a799c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.421,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54407,
    "c": 0.09259,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A799C

secondary

#BD8065

accent

#7647E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A799C

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

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