#2A87AA#2A87AA

#2A87AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.099 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A87AA
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -14.87, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 30.15, 240.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0668 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.099 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8716, 20.7205, 41.1327)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A87AA #AA4D2A

analogous

#2AAA8D #2A87AA #2A47AA

triadic

#2A87AA #AA2A87 #87AA2A

tetradic

#2A87AA #8D2AAA #AA4D2A #47AA2A

square

#2A87AA #8D2AAA #AA4D2A #47AA2A

split-complementary

#2A87AA #AA2A47 #AA8D2A

monochromatic

#123948 #1E6079 #2A87AA #41A9D0 #72BFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#2A87AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#2A87AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A87AA

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A87AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A87AA	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#7485AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6378AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a87aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.099 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aac3',
    500: '#2a87aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a87aa;
$custom-light: #76aac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a87aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58545,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A87AA

secondary

#C3846C

accent

#7044E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A87AA

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

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