#2A87AD#2A87AD

#2A87AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.102 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A87AD
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 22%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -13.83, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 31.02, 243.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0657 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.102 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1586, 20.8353, 42.6444)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A87AD #AD502A

analogous

#2AAD92 #2A87AD #2A45AD

triadic

#2A87AD #AD2A87 #87AD2A

tetradic

#2A87AD #922AAD #AD502A #45AD2A

square

#2A87AD #922AAD #AD502A #45AD2A

split-complementary

#2A87AD #AD2A45 #AD922A

monochromatic

#123A4B #1E617C #2A87AD #43A8D1 #74BFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2A87AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#2A87AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A87AD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A87AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A87AD	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a87ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.102 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aac5',
    500: '#2a87ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a87ad;
$custom-light: #77aac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a87ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.405,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58688,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A87AD

secondary

#C5876E

accent

#7244E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A87AD

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

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