#2A83B9#2A83B9

#2A83B9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.116 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A83B9
RGB	rgb(42, 131, 185)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(203, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 29.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -7.30, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 36.45, 258.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0577 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.116 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8247, 20.2255, 48.8540)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A83B9 #B9602A

analogous

#2AB9A8 #2A83B9 #2A3CB9

triadic

#2A83B9 #B92A83 #83B92A

tetradic

#2A83B9 #A82AB9 #B9602A #3CB92A

square

#2A83B9 #A82AB9 #B9602A #3CB92A

split-complementary

#2A83B9 #B92A3C #B9A82A

monochromatic

#133C55 #1F6087 #2A83B9 #4AA1D6 #7CBBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#2A83B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#2A83B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A83B9

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A83B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A83B9	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A84BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5676B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a83b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 131, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.116 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a6ce',
    500: '#2a83b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a83b9;
$custom-light: #79a6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a83b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.657,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58327,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A83B9

secondary

#CA9575

accent

#8042E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A83B9

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

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