#2A87B6#2A87B6

#2A87B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.111 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A87B6
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 182)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(200, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, -10.67, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 34.03, 251.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0625 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.111 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0589, 21.1954, 47.3862)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A87B6 #B6592A

analogous

#2AB69F #2A87B6 #2A41B6

triadic

#2A87B6 #B62A87 #87B62A

tetradic

#2A87B6 #9F2AB6 #B6592A #41B62A

square

#2A87B6 #9F2AB6 #B6592A #41B62A

split-complementary

#2A87B6 #B62A41 #B69F2A

monochromatic

#133D53 #1F6284 #2A87B6 #48A6D5 #7ABEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2A87B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#2A87B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A87B6

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A87B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A87B6	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7086B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D79B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a87b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.111 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a9cc',
    500: '#2a87b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a87b6;
$custom-light: #78a9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a87b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59132,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A87B6

secondary

#C89073

accent

#7942E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A87B6

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

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