#2A88AD#2A88AD

#2A88AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.102 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A88AD
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -14.39, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 30.85, 242.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0667 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.102 229)
XYZ	xyz(17.2988, 21.1156, 42.6911)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A88AD #AD4F2A

analogous

#2AAD91 #2A88AD #2A46AD

triadic

#2A88AD #AD2A88 #88AD2A

tetradic

#2A88AD #912AAD #AD4F2A #46AD2A

square

#2A88AD #912AAD #AD4F2A #46AD2A

split-complementary

#2A88AD #AD2A46 #AD912A

monochromatic

#123B4B #1E617C #2A88AD #43A9D1 #74C0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#2A88AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#2A88AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A88AD

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A88AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A88AD	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7586AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6379AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a88ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.102 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aac5',
    500: '#2a88ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a88ad;
$custom-light: #77aac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a88ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58933,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.21118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A88AD

secondary

#C5876E

accent

#7144E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A88AD

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

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