#2A879C#2A879C

#2A879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.090 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A879C
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -19.61, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 27.30, 224.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0724 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.09 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6170, 20.2187, 34.5256)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A879C #9C3F2A

analogous

#2A9C78 #2A879C #2A4E9C

triadic

#2A879C #9C2A87 #879C2A

tetradic

#2A879C #782A9C #9C3F2A #4E9C2A

square

#2A879C #782A9C #9C3F2A #4E9C2A

split-complementary

#2A879C #9C2A4E #9C782A

monochromatic

#10343C #1D5D6C #2A879C #39AFCA #6AC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#2A879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#2A879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A879C

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A879C	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.090 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aab9',
    500: '#2a879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a879c;
$custom-light: #74aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57912,
    "c": 0.0897,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A879C

secondary

#BD7565

accent

#6347E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A879C

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

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