#2A7C8D#2A7C8D

#2A7C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.081 H 214.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7C8D
RGB	rgb(42, 124, 141)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, -18.65, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 24.83, 221.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% -0.067 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.081 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9682, 16.8292, 27.7590)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7C8D #8D3B2A

analogous

#2A8D6C #2A7C8D #2A4A8D

triadic

#2A7C8D #8D2A7C #7C8D2A

tetradic

#2A7C8D #6C2A8D #8D3B2A #4A8D2A

square

#2A7C8D #6C2A8D #8D3B2A #4A8D2A

split-complementary

#2A7C8D #8D2A4A #8D6C2A

monochromatic

#0E292F #1C535E #2A7C8D #38A5BC #61BDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#2A7C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#2A7C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7C8D

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7C8D	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70788E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 124, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.081 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a2ae',
    500: '#2a7c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7c8d;
$custom-light: #71a2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.303,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54475,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7C8D

secondary

#B66C5D

accent

#644ADD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7C8D

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

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