#2A7D9E#2A7D9E

#2A7D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.093 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7D9E
RGB	rgb(42, 125, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, -13.44, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 28.24, 241.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% -0.0612 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.093 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4575, 17.6264, 34.9814)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7D9E #9E4B2A

analogous

#2A9E85 #2A7D9E #2A439E

triadic

#2A7D9E #9E2A7D #7D9E2A

tetradic

#2A7D9E #852A9E #9E4B2A #439E2A

square

#2A7D9E #852A9E #9E4B2A #439E2A

split-complementary

#2A7D9E #9E2A43 #9E852A

monochromatic

#10313D #1D576E #2A7D9E #3AA2CB #6BB9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#2A7D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#2A7D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7D9E

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7D9E	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C709E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 125, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.093 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a2ba',
    500: '#2a7d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7d9e;
$custom-light: #74a2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.069,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55498,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7D9E

secondary

#BE7F66

accent

#7347E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7D9E

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

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