#2A83A4#2A83A4

#2A83A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.096 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A83A4
RGB	rgb(42, 131, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, -14.72, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 29.06, 239.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.0651 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.096 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7693, 19.4033, 38.0289)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A83A4 #A44B2A

analogous

#2AA488 #2A83A4 #2A46A4

triadic

#2A83A4 #A42A83 #83A42A

tetradic

#2A83A4 #882AA4 #A44B2A #46A42A

square

#2A83A4 #882AA4 #A44B2A #46A42A

split-complementary

#2A83A4 #A42A46 #A4882A

monochromatic

#113543 #1E5C73 #2A83A4 #3EA7CD #6EBDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#2A83A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#2A83A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A83A4

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A83A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A83A4	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7181A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6175A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a83a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 131, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.096 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a7bf',
    500: '#2a83a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a83a4;
$custom-light: #75a7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a83a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57273,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A83A4

secondary

#C18169

accent

#7045E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A83A4

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

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