#2A7C9F#2A7C9F

#2A7C9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.094 H 230.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7C9F
RGB	rgb(42, 124, 159)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 22%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, -12.53, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 28.72, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% -0.0598 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.094 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4180, 17.4091, 35.3946)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7C9F #9F4D2A

analogous

#2A9F88 #2A7C9F #2A419F

triadic

#2A7C9F #9F2A7C #7C9F2A

tetradic

#2A7C9F #882A9F #9F4D2A #419F2A

square

#2A7C9F #882A9F #9F4D2A #419F2A

split-complementary

#2A7C9F #9F2A41 #9F882A

monochromatic

#10303E #1D566F #2A7C9F #3BA0CB #6BB8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#2A7C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#2A7C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7C9F

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7C9F	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 124, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.094 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a2bb',
    500: '#2a7c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7c9f;
$custom-light: #74a2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.949,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55298,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7C9F

secondary

#BF8166

accent

#7546E1

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7C9F

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

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