#2A88B8#2A88B8

#2A88B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.112 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A88B8
RGB	rgb(42, 136, 184)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(200, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -10.53, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 34.49, 252.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0628 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.112 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4073, 21.5590, 48.5293)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A88B8 #B85A2A

analogous

#2AB8A1 #2A88B8 #2A41B8

triadic

#2A88B8 #B82A88 #88B82A

tetradic

#2A88B8 #A12AB8 #B85A2A #41B82A

square

#2A88B8 #A12AB8 #B85A2A #41B82A

split-complementary

#2A88B8 #B82A41 #B8A12A

monochromatic

#133E54 #1F6386 #2A88B8 #4AA6D6 #7BBFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2A88B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2A88B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A88B8

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A88B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A88B8	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7187BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a88b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 136, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.112 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aacd',
    500: '#2a88b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a88b8;
$custom-light: #79aacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a88b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.282,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59475,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A88B8

secondary

#C99175

accent

#7942E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A88B8

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

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