#2A88AE#2A88AE

#2A88AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.102 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A88AE
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -14.04, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 31.14, 243.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0663 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.102 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3959, 21.1545, 43.2026)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A88AE #AE502A

analogous

#2AAE92 #2A88AE #2A46AE

triadic

#2A88AE #AE2A88 #88AE2A

tetradic

#2A88AE #922AAE #AE502A #46AE2A

square

#2A88AE #922AAE #AE502A #46AE2A

split-complementary

#2A88AE #AE2A46 #AE922A

monochromatic

#123B4B #1E617D #2A88AE #43A9D2 #75BFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2A88AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2A88AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A88AE

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A88AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A88AE	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)

#7486B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6379AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a88ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.102 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aac6',
    500: '#2a88ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a88ae;
$custom-light: #77aac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a88ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58981,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A88AE

secondary

#C5886F

accent

#7244E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A88AE

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

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