#2A7BA0#2A7BA0

#2A7BA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.095 H 232.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7BA0
RGB	rgb(42, 123, 160)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 23.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, -11.61, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 29.24, 246.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% -0.0584 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.095 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3804, 17.1946, 35.8119)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7BA0 #A04F2A

analogous

#2AA08A #2A7BA0 #2A40A0

triadic

#2A7BA0 #A02A7B #7BA02A

tetradic

#2A7BA0 #8A2AA0 #A04F2A #40A02A

square

#2A7BA0 #8A2AA0 #A04F2A #40A02A

split-complementary

#2A7BA0 #A02A40 #A08A2A

monochromatic

#11303F #1D5670 #2A7BA0 #3C9ECC #6CB6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#2A7BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#2A7BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7BA0

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7BA0	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 123, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.095 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a1bc',
    500: '#2a7ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7ba0;
$custom-light: #74a1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.814,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55099,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7BA0

secondary

#BF8267

accent

#7746E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7BA0

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

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