#2A7EA1#2A7EA1

#2A7EA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.095 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7EA1
RGB	rgb(42, 126, 161)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, -12.96, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 28.97, 243.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% -0.0611 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.095 230)
XYZ	xyz(14.8461, 17.9854, 36.4004)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7EA1 #A14D2A

analogous

#2AA189 #2A7EA1 #2A43A1

triadic

#2A7EA1 #A12A7E #7EA12A

tetradic

#2A7EA1 #892AA1 #A14D2A #43A12A

square

#2A7EA1 #892AA1 #A14D2A #43A12A

split-complementary

#2A7EA1 #A12A43 #A1892A

monochromatic

#113240 #1D5870 #2A7EA1 #3CA2CC #6DB9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#2A7EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#2A7EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A7EA1

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A7EA1	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C71A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 126, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.095 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a3bd',
    500: '#2a7ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7ea1;
$custom-light: #74a3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55891,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.17987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7EA1

secondary

#C08167

accent

#7446E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7EA1

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

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