#2A7AAD#2A7AAD

#2A7AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.110 H 241.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7AAD
RGB	rgb(42, 122, 173)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(203, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 29.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.79, -6.38, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.79, 34.56, 259.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% -0.053 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.11 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4543, 17.4266, 42.0762)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7AAD #AD5D2A

analogous

#2AAD9F #2A7AAD #2A38AD

triadic

#2A7AAD #AD2A7A #7AAD2A

tetradic

#2A7AAD #9F2AAD #AD5D2A #38AD2A

square

#2A7AAD #9F2AAD #AD5D2A #38AD2A

split-complementary

#2A7AAD #AD2A38 #AD9F2A

monochromatic

#12354B #1E577C #2A7AAD #439AD1 #74B4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#2A7AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#2A7AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7AAD

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7AAD	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 122, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.110 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a0c5',
    500: '#2a7aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7aad;
$custom-light: #76a0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.359,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55525,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7AAD

secondary

#C5906E

accent

#8244E4

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7AAD

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

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