#2A7DC9#2A7DC9

#2A7DC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.141 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7DC9
RGB	rgb(42, 125, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(209, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 37.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 2.14, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 46.44, 272.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0477 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.141 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8271, 19.3742, 57.9944)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7DC9 #C9762A

analogous

#2AC9C5 #2A7DC9 #2A2EC9

triadic

#2A7DC9 #C92A7D #7DC92A

tetradic

#2A7DC9 #C52AC9 #C9762A #2EC92A

square

#2A7DC9 #C52AC9 #C9762A #2EC92A

split-complementary

#2A7DC9 #C92A2E #C9C52A

monochromatic

#153E64 #1F5E96 #2A7DC9 #559BDB #87B9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#2A7DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#2A7DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A7DC9

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A7DC9	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5982CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4073C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 125, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.141 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca2da',
    500: '#2a7dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7dc9;
$custom-light: #7ca2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.679,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57829,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7DC9

secondary

#D0A67F

accent

#903FE8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0B0F15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7DC9

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

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