#2A8AA2#2A8AA2

#2A8AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.093 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AA2
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -19.22, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 28.23, 227.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.073 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.093 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5622, 21.2759, 37.4092)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AA2 #A2422A

analogous

#2AA27E #2A8AA2 #2A4EA2

triadic

#2A8AA2 #A22A8A #8AA22A

tetradic

#2A8AA2 #7E2AA2 #A2422A #4EA22A

square

#2A8AA2 #7E2AA2 #A2422A #4EA22A

split-complementary

#2A8AA2 #A22A4E #A27E2A

monochromatic

#113741 #1D6171 #2A8AA2 #3DB0CD #6DC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2A8AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#2A8AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AA2

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AA2	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B86A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.093 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acbd',
    500: '#2a8aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8aa2;
$custom-light: #75acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58926,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AA2

secondary

#C07968

accent

#6546E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AA2

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

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