#2A809F#2A809F

#2A809F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.093 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A809F
RGB	rgb(42, 128, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, -14.77, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 28.11, 238.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% -0.064 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.093 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9295, 18.4321, 35.5651)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A809F #9F492A

analogous

#2A9F83 #2A809F #2A469F

triadic

#2A809F #9F2A80 #809F2A

tetradic

#2A809F #832A9F #9F492A #469F2A

square

#2A809F #832A9F #9F492A #469F2A

split-complementary

#2A809F #9F2A46 #9F832A

monochromatic

#10323E #1D596F #2A809F #3BA5CB #6BBBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#2A809F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#2A809F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A809F

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A809F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A809F	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F729F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a809f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 128, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.093 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a5bb',
    500: '#2a809f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a809f;
$custom-light: #74a5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a809f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56293,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A809F

secondary

#BF7E66

accent

#6F46E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A809F

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

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