#2A87AC#2A87AC

#2A87AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.101 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A87AC
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -14.18, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 30.72, 242.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0661 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.101 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0622, 20.7967, 42.1367)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A87AC #AC4F2A

analogous

#2AAC90 #2A87AC #2A46AC

triadic

#2A87AC #AC2A87 #87AC2A

tetradic

#2A87AC #902AAC #AC4F2A #46AC2A

square

#2A87AC #902AAC #AC4F2A #46AC2A

split-complementary

#2A87AC #AC2A46 #AC902A

monochromatic

#123A4A #1E607B #2A87AC #42A8D1 #73BFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#2A87AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#2A87AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A87AC

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A87AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A87AC	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7485AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a87ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.101 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aac5',
    500: '#2a87ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a87ac;
$custom-light: #77aac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a87ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5864,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A87AC

secondary

#C4866D

accent

#7144E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A87AC

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

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