#2A799E#2A799E

#2A799E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.095 H 232.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A799E
RGB	rgb(42, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(199, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, -11.17, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 29.01, 247.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% -0.0571 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.095 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9613, 16.6340, 34.8160)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A799E #9E4F2A

analogous

#2A9E89 #2A799E #2A3F9E

triadic

#2A799E #9E2A79 #799E2A

tetradic

#2A799E #892A9E #9E4F2A #3F9E2A

square

#2A799E #892A9E #9E4F2A #3F9E2A

split-complementary

#2A799E #9E2A3F #9E892A

monochromatic

#102F3D #1D546E #2A799E #3A9DCB #6BB5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#2A799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#2A799E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A799E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A799E	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6778A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.095 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fba',
    500: '#2a799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a799e;
$custom-light: #749fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.138,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54505,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A799E

secondary

#BE8266

accent

#7847E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A799E

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

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