#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
RGBrgb(42, 128, 160)
HSLhsl(196, 58%, 40%)
HSVhsv(196, 74%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(73.8%, 20%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(50.06, -14.43, -24.43)
CIE-LCHlch(50.06, 28.38, 239.44°)
OKLaboklab(56.34% -0.0636 -0.0685)
OKLCHoklch(56.34% 0.093 227.1)
XYZxyz(15.0166, 18.4669, 36.0239)
Luminance0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##2A80A01.004.474.694.69
#FFFFFF4.471.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6921.001.001.00
##0000004.6921.001.001.00

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

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#2A80A0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva