#2A87A4#2A87A4

#2A87A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.095 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A87A4
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -16.92, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 28.67, 233.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0692 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.095 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3169, 20.4986, 38.2114)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A87A4 #A4472A

analogous

#2AA484 #2A87A4 #2A4AA4

triadic

#2A87A4 #A42A87 #87A42A

tetradic

#2A87A4 #842AA4 #A4472A #4AA42A

square

#2A87A4 #842AA4 #A4472A #4AA42A

split-complementary

#2A87A4 #A42A4A #A4842A

monochromatic

#113743 #1E5F73 #2A87A4 #3EABCD #6EC0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#2A87A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#2A87A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A87A4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A87A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A87A4	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7684A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6678A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a87a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.095 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aabf',
    500: '#2a87a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a87a4;
$custom-light: #76aabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a87a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.262,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58267,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A87A4

secondary

#C17E69

accent

#6B45E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A87A4

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

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