#2A879D#2A879D

#2A879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A879D
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, -19.28, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 27.43, 225.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.072 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.09 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7021, 20.2527, 34.9734)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A879D #9D402A

analogous

#2A9D7A #2A879D #2A4E9D

triadic

#2A879D #9D2A87 #879D2A

tetradic

#2A879D #7A2A9D #9D402A #4E9D2A

square

#2A879D #7A2A9D #9D402A #4E9D2A

split-complementary

#2A879D #9D2A4E #9D7A2A

monochromatic

#10343C #1D5D6D #2A879D #3AAFCA #6AC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#2A879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#2A879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A879D

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A879D	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aaba',
    500: '#2a879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a879d;
$custom-light: #75aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.478,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57956,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A879D

secondary

#BE7665

accent

#6447E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A879D

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

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