#2A859C#2A859C

#2A859C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.090 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A859C
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 156)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, -18.53, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 27.23, 227.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.0703 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.09 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3406, 19.6658, 34.4334)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A859C #9C412A

analogous

#2A9C7A #2A859C #2A4C9C

triadic

#2A859C #9C2A85 #859C2A

tetradic

#2A859C #7A2A9C #9C412A #4C9C2A

square

#2A859C #7A2A9C #9C412A #4C9C2A

split-complementary

#2A859C #9C2A4C #9C7A2A

monochromatic

#10333C #1D5C6C #2A859C #39ADCA #6AC1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#2A859C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#2A859C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A859C

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A859C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A859C	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)

#76819D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67769C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a859c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.090 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b9',
    500: '#2a859c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a859c;
$custom-light: #74a8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a859c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.105,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57409,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A859C

secondary

#BD7665

accent

#6647E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A859C

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

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