#2A8497#2A8497

#2A8497 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.087 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8497
RGB	rgb(42, 132, 151)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, -19.65, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 26.53, 222.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.0713 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.087 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7897, 19.2274, 32.2040)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8497 #973D2A

analogous

#2A9774 #2A8497 #2A4D97

triadic

#2A8497 #972A84 #84972A

tetradic

#2A8497 #742A97 #973D2A #4D972A

square

#2A8497 #742A97 #973D2A #4D972A

split-complementary

#2A8497 #972A4D #97742A

monochromatic

#0F3037 #1D5A67 #2A8497 #37AEC7 #67C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#2A8497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#2A8497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8497

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8497	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 132, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.087 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a8b5',
    500: '#2a8497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8497;
$custom-light: #73a8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.459,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56939,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8497

secondary

#BB7162

accent

#6248E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8497

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

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