#2A87A8#2A87A8

#2A87A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.098 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A87A8
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 19.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -15.56, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 29.62, 238.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0676 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.098 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6838, 20.6454, 40.1439)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A87A8 #A84B2A

analogous

#2AA88A #2A87A8 #2A48A8

triadic

#2A87A8 #A82A87 #87A82A

tetradic

#2A87A8 #8A2AA8 #A84B2A #48A82A

square

#2A87A8 #8A2AA8 #A84B2A #48A82A

split-complementary

#2A87A8 #A82A48 #A88A2A

monochromatic

#123846 #1E6077 #2A87A8 #40AACF #71C0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#2A87A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#2A87A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A87A8

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A87A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A87A8	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6478A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a87a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.098 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aac2',
    500: '#2a87a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a87a8;
$custom-light: #76aac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a87a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58451,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A87A8

secondary

#C3826B

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A87A8

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

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