#2A7D9F#2A7D9F

#2A7D9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.094 H 229.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7D9F
RGB	rgb(42, 125, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, -13.09, -25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 28.54, 242.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% -0.0609 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.094 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5439, 17.6610, 35.4366)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7D9F #9F4C2A

analogous

#2A9F87 #2A7D9F #2A439F

triadic

#2A7D9F #9F2A7D #7D9F2A

tetradic

#2A7D9F #872A9F #9F4C2A #439F2A

square

#2A7D9F #872A9F #9F4C2A #439F2A

split-complementary

#2A7D9F #9F2A43 #9F872A

monochromatic

#10313E #1D576F #2A7D9F #3BA1CB #6BB8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#2A7D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#2A7D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A7D9F

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A7D9F	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C709F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 125, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.094 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a2bb',
    500: '#2a7d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7d9f;
$custom-light: #74a2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.436,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55546,
    "c": 0.09366,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7D9F

secondary

#BF8066

accent

#7346E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7D9F

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

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