#2A7A9D#2A7A9D

#2A7A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.093 H 231.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7A9D
RGB	rgb(42, 122, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, -12.09, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 28.46, 244.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% -0.0585 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.093 231)
XYZ	xyz(13.9977, 16.8440, 34.4052)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7A9D #9D4D2A

analogous

#2A9D87 #2A7A9D #2A419D

triadic

#2A7A9D #9D2A7A #7A9D2A

tetradic

#2A7A9D #872A9D #9D4D2A #419D2A

square

#2A7A9D #872A9D #9D4D2A #419D2A

split-complementary

#2A7A9D #9D2A41 #9D872A

monochromatic

#102F3C #1D546D #2A7A9D #3A9ECA #6AB6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#2A7A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#2A7A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7A9D

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7A9D	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68789F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 122, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.093 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a0ba',
    500: '#2a7a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7a9d;
$custom-light: #73a0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54704,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.16846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7A9D

secondary

#BE8065

accent

#7647E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7A9D

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

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