#2A80A0#2A80A0

#2A80A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.093 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A80A0
RGB	rgb(42, 128, 160)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 20%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, -14.43, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 28.38, 239.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% -0.0636 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.093 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0166, 18.4669, 36.0239)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A80A0 #A04A2A

analogous

#2AA085 #2A80A0 #2A45A0

triadic

#2A80A0 #A02A80 #80A02A

tetradic

#2A80A0 #852AA0 #A04A2A #45A02A

square

#2A80A0 #852AA0 #A04A2A #45A02A

split-complementary

#2A80A0 #A02A45 #A0852A

monochromatic

#11323F #1D5970 #2A80A0 #3CA5CC #6CBBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#2A80A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#2A80A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A80A0

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A80A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A80A0	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F72A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a80a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 128, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.093 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a5bc',
    500: '#2a80a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a80a0;
$custom-light: #74a5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a80a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5634,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A80A0

secondary

#BF7F67

accent

#7046E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A80A0

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

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