#2A7B9E#2A7B9E

#2A7B9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.094 H 230.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7B9E
RGB	rgb(42, 123, 158)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, -12.31, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 28.59, 244.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55% -0.0592 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.094 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2069, 17.1251, 34.8979)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7B9E #9E4D2A

analogous

#2A9E87 #2A7B9E #2A419E

triadic

#2A7B9E #9E2A7B #7B9E2A

tetradic

#2A7B9E #872A9E #9E4D2A #419E2A

square

#2A7B9E #872A9E #9E4D2A #419E2A

split-complementary

#2A7B9E #9E2A41 #9E872A

monochromatic

#10303D #1D556E #2A7B9E #3A9FCB #6BB7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#2A7B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#2A7B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7B9E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7B9E	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6979A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 123, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.094 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a1ba',
    500: '#2a7b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7b9e;
$custom-light: #74a1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.103,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55001,
    "c": 0.09357,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7B9E

secondary

#BE8066

accent

#7547E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7B9E

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

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