#2A7C9D#2A7C9D

#2A7C9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.092 H 229.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7C9D
RGB	rgb(42, 124, 157)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 21%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, -13.22, -24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 28.11, 241.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% -0.0606 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.092 229)
XYZ	xyz(14.2458, 17.3402, 34.4880)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7C9D #9D4B2A

analogous

#2A9D85 #2A7C9D #2A439D

triadic

#2A7C9D #9D2A7C #7C9D2A

tetradic

#2A7C9D #852A9D #9D4B2A #439D2A

square

#2A7C9D #852A9D #9D4B2A #439D2A

split-complementary

#2A7C9D #9D2A43 #9D852A

monochromatic

#10303C #1D566D #2A7C9D #3AA1CA #6AB8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#2A7C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#2A7C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7C9D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7C9D	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 124, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.092 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a2ba',
    500: '#2a7c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7c9d;
$custom-light: #74a2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55202,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.17342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7C9D

secondary

#BE7F65

accent

#7347E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7C9D

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

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