#2A899F#2A899F

#2A899F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A899F
RGB	rgb(42, 137, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -19.68, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 27.78, 224.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0732 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.091 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1559, 20.8849, 35.9739)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A899F #9F402A

analogous

#2A9F7B #2A899F #2A4F9F

triadic

#2A899F #9F2A89 #899F2A

tetradic

#2A899F #7B2A9F #9F402A #4F9F2A

square

#2A899F #7B2A9F #9F402A #4F9F2A

split-complementary

#2A899F #9F2A4F #9F7B2A

monochromatic

#10363E #1D5F6F #2A899F #3BB0CB #6BC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2A899F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#2A899F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A899F

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A899F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A899F	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a899f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 137, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75abbb',
    500: '#2a899f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a899f;
$custom-light: #75abbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a899f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.282,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58545,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A899F

secondary

#BF7766

accent

#6446E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A899F

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

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