#2A839F#2A839F

#2A839F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.092 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A839F
RGB	rgb(42, 131, 159)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, -16.43, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 27.84, 233.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% -0.067 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.092 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3266, 19.2263, 35.6974)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A839F #9F462A

analogous

#2A9F81 #2A839F #2A499F

triadic

#2A839F #9F2A83 #839F2A

tetradic

#2A839F #812A9F #9F462A #499F2A

square

#2A839F #812A9F #9F462A #499F2A

split-complementary

#2A839F #9F2A49 #9F812A

monochromatic

#10333E #1D5B6F #2A839F #3BA9CB #6BBED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#2A839F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#2A839F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A839F

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A839F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A839F	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7380A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63749F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a839f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 131, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.092 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a7bb',
    500: '#2a839f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a839f;
$custom-light: #74a7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a839f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.359,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57042,
    "c": 0.09191,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A839F

secondary

#BF7B66

accent

#6B46E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A839F

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

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