#2A8499#2A8499

#2A8499 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.088 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8499
RGB	rgb(42, 132, 153)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, -18.99, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 26.77, 224.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% -0.0705 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.088 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9535, 19.2929, 33.0666)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8499 #993F2A

analogous

#2A9976 #2A8499 #2A4D99

triadic

#2A8499 #992A84 #84992A

tetradic

#2A8499 #762A99 #993F2A #4D992A

square

#2A8499 #762A99 #993F2A #4D992A

split-complementary

#2A8499 #992A4D #99762A

monochromatic

#103139 #1D5B69 #2A8499 #38ADC8 #68C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#2A8499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#2A8499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8499

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8499	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76809A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 132, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.088 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b7',
    500: '#2a8499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8499;
$custom-light: #74a8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57026,
    "c": 0.08797,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8499

secondary

#BC7463

accent

#6448E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8499

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

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