#2A8A9F#2A8A9F

#2A8A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8A9F
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -20.21, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 27.83, 223.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0742 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.091 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2987, 21.1705, 36.0215)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8A9F #9F3F2A

analogous

#2A9F7A #2A8A9F #2A509F

triadic

#2A8A9F #9F2A8A #8A9F2A

tetradic

#2A8A9F #7A2A9F #9F3F2A #509F2A

square

#2A8A9F #7A2A9F #9F3F2A #509F2A

split-complementary

#2A8A9F #9F2A50 #9F7A2A

monochromatic

#10363E #1D606F #2A8A9F #3BB1CB #6BC5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2A8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2A8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8A9F

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8A9F	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)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acbb',
    500: '#2a8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8a9f;
$custom-light: #75acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58796,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8A9F

secondary

#BF7666

accent

#6246E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8A9F

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

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