#2A7D9C#2A7D9C

#2A7D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.091 H 227.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7D9C
RGB	rgb(42, 125, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, -14.13, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 27.68, 239.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% -0.062 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.091 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2868, 17.5581, 34.0821)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7D9C #9C492A

analogous

#2A9C82 #2A7D9C #2A449C

triadic

#2A7D9C #9C2A7D #7D9C2A

tetradic

#2A7D9C #822A9C #9C492A #449C2A

square

#2A7D9C #822A9C #9C492A #449C2A

split-complementary

#2A7D9C #9C2A44 #9C822A

monochromatic

#10303C #1D566C #2A7D9C #39A3CA #6AB9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#2A7D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#2A7D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7D9C

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7D9C	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 125, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.091 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a2b9',
    500: '#2a7d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7d9c;
$custom-light: #74a2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.316,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55403,
    "c": 0.09108,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7D9C

secondary

#BD7D65

accent

#7147E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7D9C

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

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