#2A87A9#2A87A9

#2A87A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.099 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A87A9
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, -15.21, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 29.88, 239.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.0672 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.099 227)
XYZ	xyz(16.7773, 20.6828, 40.6364)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A87A9 #A94C2A

analogous

#2AA98C #2A87A9 #2A48A9

triadic

#2A87A9 #A92A87 #87A92A

tetradic

#2A87A9 #8C2AA9 #A94C2A #48A92A

square

#2A87A9 #8C2AA9 #A94C2A #48A92A

split-complementary

#2A87A9 #A92A48 #A98C2A

monochromatic

#123947 #1E6078 #2A87A9 #41A9D0 #72BFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#2A87A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#2A87A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A87A9

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A87A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A87A9	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6478A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a87a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.099 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aac2',
    500: '#2a87a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a87a9;
$custom-light: #76aac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a87a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.063,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58498,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.20685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A87A9

secondary

#C3836C

accent

#6F44E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A87A9

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

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