#2A87AE#2A87AE

#2A87AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.103 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A87AE
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, -13.48, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 31.32, 244.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0653 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.103 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2557, 20.8741, 43.1559)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A87AE #AE512A

analogous

#2AAE93 #2A87AE #2A45AE

triadic

#2A87AE #AE2A87 #87AE2A

tetradic

#2A87AE #932AAE #AE512A #45AE2A

square

#2A87AE #932AAE #AE512A #45AE2A

split-complementary

#2A87AE #AE2A45 #AE932A

monochromatic

#123B4B #1E617D #2A87AE #43A8D2 #75BFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2A87AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#2A87AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A87AE

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A87AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A87AE	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6178AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a87ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.103 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aac6',
    500: '#2a87ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a87ae;
$custom-light: #77aac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a87ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58736,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A87AE

secondary

#C5886F

accent

#7344E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A87AE

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

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