#2A809E#2A809E

#2A809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.092 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A809E
RGB	rgb(42, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, -15.12, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 27.86, 237.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% -0.0643 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.092 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8430, 18.3975, 35.1099)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A809E #9E482A

analogous

#2A9E82 #2A809E #2A469E

triadic

#2A809E #9E2A80 #809E2A

tetradic

#2A809E #822A9E #9E482A #469E2A

square

#2A809E #822A9E #9E482A #469E2A

split-complementary

#2A809E #9E2A46 #9E822A

monochromatic

#10323D #1D596E #2A809E #3AA5CB #6BBBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#2A809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#2A809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A809E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A809E	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60729E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.092 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a5ba',
    500: '#2a809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a809e;
$custom-light: #74a5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56246,
    "c": 0.09184,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A809E

secondary

#BE7D66

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A809E

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

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