#2A87B5#2A87B5

#2A87B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.110 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A87B5
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 181)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(200, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -11.02, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 33.67, 250.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0628 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.11 235)
XYZ	xyz(17.9560, 21.1542, 46.8439)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A87B5 #B5582A

analogous

#2AB59D #2A87B5 #2A41B5

triadic

#2A87B5 #B52A87 #87B52A

tetradic

#2A87B5 #9D2AB5 #B5582A #41B52A

square

#2A87B5 #9D2AB5 #B5582A #41B52A

split-complementary

#2A87B5 #B52A41 #B59D2A

monochromatic

#133D52 #1E6283 #2A87B5 #48A6D4 #79BEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2A87B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2A87B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A87B5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A87B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A87B5	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7186B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E79B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a87b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.110 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a9cb',
    500: '#2a87b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a87b5;
$custom-light: #78a9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a87b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59082,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.21156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A87B5

secondary

#C88F73

accent

#7842E5

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A87B5

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

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