#2A7BC9#2A7BC9

#2A7BC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.143 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7BC9
RGB	rgb(42, 123, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(209, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 38.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 3.36, -47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 47.44, 274.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0459 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.143 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5764, 18.8730, 57.9108)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7BC9 #C9782A

analogous

#2AC9C7 #2A7BC9 #2A2BC9

triadic

#2A7BC9 #C92A7B #7BC92A

tetradic

#2A7BC9 #C72AC9 #C9782A #2BC92A

square

#2A7BC9 #C72AC9 #C9782A #2BC92A

split-complementary

#2A7BC9 #C92A2B #C9C72A

monochromatic

#153D64 #1F5C96 #2A7BC9 #5599DB #87B8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#2A7BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#2A7BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A7BC9

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A7BC9	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5680CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C72C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 123, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.143 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca0da',
    500: '#2a7bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7bc9;
$custom-light: #7ca0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.434,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57372,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7BC9

secondary

#D0A77F

accent

#923FE8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FB

border

#CACCD4

text

#0B0E15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7BC9

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

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