#2A879A#2A879A

#2A879A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.089 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A879A
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 154)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, -20.27, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 27.07, 221.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0732 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.089 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4491, 20.1515, 33.6410)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A879A #9A3D2A

analogous

#2A9A75 #2A879A #2A4F9A

triadic

#2A879A #9A2A87 #879A2A

tetradic

#2A879A #752A9A #9A3D2A #4F9A2A

square

#2A879A #752A9A #9A3D2A #4F9A2A

split-complementary

#2A879A #9A2A4F #9A752A

monochromatic

#10333A #1D5D6A #2A879A #38B0C9 #68C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#2A879A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#2A879A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A879A

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A879A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A879A	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A779A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a879a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.089 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aab7',
    500: '#2a879a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a879a;
$custom-light: #74aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a879a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.179,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57826,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A879A

secondary

#BC7363

accent

#6147E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A879A

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

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