#2A899E#2A899E

#2A899E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A899E
RGB	rgb(42, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -20.01, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 27.65, 223.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.0736 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.091 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0695, 20.8503, 35.5187)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A899E #9E3F2A

analogous

#2A9E79 #2A899E #2A4F9E

triadic

#2A899E #9E2A89 #899E2A

tetradic

#2A899E #792A9E #9E3F2A #4F9E2A

square

#2A899E #792A9E #9E3F2A #4F9E2A

split-complementary

#2A899E #9E2A4F #9E792A

monochromatic

#10353D #1D5F6E #2A899E #3AB1CB #6BC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2A899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#2A899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A899E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A899E	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75abba',
    500: '#2a899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a899e;
$custom-light: #75abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.862,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58502,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A899E

secondary

#BE7666

accent

#6347E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A899E

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

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