#2A809D#2A809D

#2A809D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.091 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A809D
RGB	rgb(42, 128, 157)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, -15.46, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 27.61, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% -0.0647 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.091 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7573, 18.3632, 34.6584)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A809D #9D472A

analogous

#2A9D81 #2A809D #2A479D

triadic

#2A809D #9D2A80 #809D2A

tetradic

#2A809D #812A9D #9D472A #479D2A

square

#2A809D #812A9D #9D472A #479D2A

split-complementary

#2A809D #9D2A47 #9D812A

monochromatic

#10313C #1D596D #2A809D #3AA6CA #6ABCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#2A809D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#2A809D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A809D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A809D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A809D	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60729D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a809d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 128, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.091 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a5ba',
    500: '#2a809d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a809d;
$custom-light: #74a5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a809d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.13,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.562,
    "c": 0.09106,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A809D

secondary

#BE7B65

accent

#6E47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A809D

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

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