#2A80A4#2A80A4

#2A80A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.097 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A80A4
RGB	rgb(42, 128, 164)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(198, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 22%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, -13.04, -26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 29.54, 243.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% -0.062 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.097 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3722, 18.6091, 37.8965)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A80A4 #A44E2A

analogous

#2AA48B #2A80A4 #2A43A4

triadic

#2A80A4 #A42A80 #80A42A

tetradic

#2A80A4 #8B2AA4 #A44E2A #43A42A

square

#2A80A4 #8B2AA4 #A44E2A #43A42A

split-complementary

#2A80A4 #A42A43 #A48B2A

monochromatic

#113443 #1E5A73 #2A80A4 #3EA3CD #6EBADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#2A80A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#2A80A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A80A4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A80A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A80A4	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a80a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 128, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.097 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a4bf',
    500: '#2a80a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a80a4;
$custom-light: #75a4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a80a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56531,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A80A4

secondary

#C18369

accent

#7445E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A80A4

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

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