#2A7CA3#2A7CA3

#2A7CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.098 H 233.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7CA3
RGB	rgb(42, 124, 163)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, -11.12, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 30.04, 248.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% -0.0584 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.098 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7707, 17.5502, 37.2523)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7CA3 #A3512A

analogous

#2AA38D #2A7CA3 #2A3FA3

triadic

#2A7CA3 #A32A7C #7CA32A

tetradic

#2A7CA3 #8D2AA3 #A3512A #3FA32A

square

#2A7CA3 #8D2AA3 #A3512A #3FA32A

split-complementary

#2A7CA3 #A32A3F #A38D2A

monochromatic

#113242 #1D5772 #2A7CA3 #3D9FCD #6EB7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#2A7CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#2A7CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7CA3

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7CA3	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 124, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.098 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a1be',
    500: '#2a7ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7ca3;
$custom-light: #75a1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.339,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55495,
    "c": 0.09784,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7CA3

secondary

#C08568

accent

#7846E2

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EEF2F6

border

#C9CCD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7CA3

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

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