#2A7B9D#2A7B9D

#2A7B9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.093 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7B9D
RGB	rgb(42, 123, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, -12.66, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 28.28, 243.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% -0.0596 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.093 230)
XYZ	xyz(14.1212, 17.0909, 34.4464)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7B9D #9D4C2A

analogous

#2A9D86 #2A7B9D #2A429D

triadic

#2A7B9D #9D2A7B #7B9D2A

tetradic

#2A7B9D #862A9D #9D4C2A #429D2A

square

#2A7B9D #862A9D #9D4C2A #429D2A

split-complementary

#2A7B9D #9D2A42 #9D862A

monochromatic

#102F3C #1D556D #2A7B9D #3AA0CA #6AB7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#2A7B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#2A7B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7B9D

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7B9D	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 123, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.093 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a1ba',
    500: '#2a7b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7b9d;
$custom-light: #74a1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.739,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54953,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.17092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7B9D

secondary

#BE7F65

accent

#7447E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7B9D

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

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