#2A7D9D#2A7D9D

#2A7D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.092 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7D9D
RGB	rgb(42, 125, 157)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, -13.79, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 27.96, 240.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% -0.0616 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.092 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.3718, 17.5921, 34.5299)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7D9D #9D4A2A

analogous

#2A9D84 #2A7D9D #2A439D

triadic

#2A7D9D #9D2A7D #7D9D2A

tetradic

#2A7D9D #842A9D #9D4A2A #439D2A

square

#2A7D9D #842A9D #9D4A2A #439D2A

split-complementary

#2A7D9D #9D2A43 #9D842A

monochromatic

#10303C #1D576D #2A7D9D #3AA2CA #6AB9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#2A7D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#2A7D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7D9D

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7D9D	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 125, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.092 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a2ba',
    500: '#2a7d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7d9d;
$custom-light: #74a2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.696,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55451,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7D9D

secondary

#BE7E65

accent

#7247E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7D9D

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

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