#2A8A9E#2A8A9E

#2A8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A9E
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -20.54, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 27.72, 222.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0747 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.091 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2123, 21.1359, 35.5663)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A9E #9E3E2A

analogous

#2A9E78 #2A8A9E #2A509E

triadic

#2A8A9E #9E2A8A #8A9E2A

tetradic

#2A8A9E #782A9E #9E3E2A #509E2A

square

#2A8A9E #782A9E #9E3E2A #509E2A

split-complementary

#2A8A9E #9E2A50 #9E782A

monochromatic

#10363D #1D606E #2A8A9E #3AB2CB #6BC5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#2A8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2A8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A9E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A9E	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	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)

#7C859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acba',
    500: '#2a8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a9e;
$custom-light: #75acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58753,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A9E

secondary

#BE7566

accent

#6147E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A9E

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

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