#2A7EA0#2A7EA0

#2A7EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.094 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7EA0
RGB	rgb(42, 126, 160)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, -13.31, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 28.67, 242.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% -0.0615 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.094 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7583, 17.9503, 35.9378)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7EA0 #A04C2A

analogous

#2AA087 #2A7EA0 #2A43A0

triadic

#2A7EA0 #A02A7E #7EA02A

tetradic

#2A7EA0 #872AA0 #A04C2A #43A02A

square

#2A7EA0 #872AA0 #A04C2A #43A02A

split-complementary

#2A7EA0 #A02A43 #A0872A

monochromatic

#11323F #1D5870 #2A7EA0 #3CA2CC #6CB9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#2A7EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#2A7EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A7EA0

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A7EA0	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C70A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 126, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.094 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a3bc',
    500: '#2a7ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7ea0;
$custom-light: #74a3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.288,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55843,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7EA0

secondary

#BF8067

accent

#7346E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7EA0

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

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