#2A7EC9#2A7EC9

#2A7EC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.140 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A7EC9
RGB	rgb(42, 126, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(208, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 37.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 1.54, -45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 45.95, 271.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0485 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.14 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9543, 19.6287, 58.0368)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A7EC9 #C9752A

analogous

#2AC9C4 #2A7EC9 #2A2EC9

triadic

#2A7EC9 #C92A7E #7EC92A

tetradic

#2A7EC9 #C42AC9 #C9752A #2EC92A

square

#2A7EC9 #C42AC9 #C9752A #2EC92A

split-complementary

#2A7EC9 #C92A2E #C9C42A

monochromatic

#153F64 #1F5E96 #2A7EC9 #559CDB #87B9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#2A7EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#2A7EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A7EC9

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A7EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A7EC9	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B82CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4274C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00909A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a7ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 126, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.140 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca2da',
    500: '#2a7ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a7ec9;
$custom-light: #7ca2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a7ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.302,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58058,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A7EC9

secondary

#D0A57F

accent

#8F3FE8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0B0F15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A7EC9

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

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