#2A859D#2A859D

#2A859D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.090 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A859D
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, -18.20, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 27.39, 228.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0699 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.09 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4256, 19.6998, 34.8812)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A859D #9D422A

analogous

#2A9D7C #2A859D #2A4C9D

triadic

#2A859D #9D2A85 #859D2A

tetradic

#2A859D #7C2A9D #9D422A #4C9D2A

square

#2A859D #7C2A9D #9D422A #4C9D2A

split-complementary

#2A859D #9D2A4C #9D7C2A

monochromatic

#10333C #1D5C6D #2A859D #3AACCA #6AC0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#2A859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#2A859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A859D

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A859D	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.090 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8ba',
    500: '#2a859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a859d;
$custom-light: #74a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.522,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57453,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A859D

secondary

#BE7865

accent

#6747E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A859D

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

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