#2A7E9F#2A7E9F

#2A7E9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.093 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7E9F
RGB	rgb(42, 126, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, -13.66, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 28.38, 241.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% -0.0619 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.093 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6712, 17.9155, 35.4790)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7E9F #9F4B2A

analogous

#2A9F86 #2A7E9F #2A449F

triadic

#2A7E9F #9F2A7E #7E9F2A

tetradic

#2A7E9F #862A9F #9F4B2A #449F2A

square

#2A7E9F #862A9F #9F4B2A #449F2A

split-complementary

#2A7E9F #9F2A44 #9F862A

monochromatic

#10313E #1D586F #2A7E9F #3BA3CB #6BB9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#2A7E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#2A7E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A7E9F

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A7E9F	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D709F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 126, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.093 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a3bb',
    500: '#2a7e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7e9f;
$custom-light: #74a3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55795,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7E9F

secondary

#BF7F66

accent

#7246E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7E9F

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

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