#2A8398#2A8398

#2A8398 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.087 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8398
RGB	rgb(42, 131, 152)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, -18.79, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 26.59, 225.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% -0.0699 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.087 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7363, 18.9901, 32.5885)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8398 #983F2A

analogous

#2A9876 #2A8398 #2A4C98

triadic

#2A8398 #982A83 #83982A

tetradic

#2A8398 #762A98 #983F2A #4C982A

square

#2A8398 #762A98 #983F2A #4C982A

split-complementary

#2A8398 #982A4C #98762A

monochromatic

#103038 #1D5A68 #2A8398 #37ACC8 #67C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#2A8398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#2A8398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8398

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8398	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 131, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.087 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a7b6',
    500: '#2a8398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8398;
$custom-light: #73a7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.455,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56729,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8398

secondary

#BB7362

accent

#6548E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8398

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

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