#2A8199#2A8199

#2A8199 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.088 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8199
RGB	rgb(42, 129, 153)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, -17.37, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 26.72, 229.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% -0.0674 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.088 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5525, 18.4910, 32.9330)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8199 #99422A

analogous

#2A9979 #2A8199 #2A4999

triadic

#2A8199 #992A81 #81992A

tetradic

#2A8199 #792A99 #99422A #49992A

square

#2A8199 #792A99 #99422A #49992A

split-complementary

#2A8199 #992A49 #99792A

monochromatic

#103039 #1D5969 #2A8199 #38A9C8 #68BED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#2A8199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#2A8199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8199

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8199	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 129, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.088 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a5b7',
    500: '#2a8199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8199;
$custom-light: #73a5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56269,
    "c": 0.08807,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8199

secondary

#BC7663

accent

#6948E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8199

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

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