#2A8AA3#2A8AA3

#2A8AA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AA3
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -18.88, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 28.39, 228.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0726 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.094 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6514, 21.3116, 37.8792)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AA3 #A3432A

analogous

#2AA380 #2A8AA3 #2A4DA3

triadic

#2A8AA3 #A32A8A #8AA32A

tetradic

#2A8AA3 #802AA3 #A3432A #4DA32A

square

#2A8AA3 #802AA3 #A3432A #4DA32A

split-complementary

#2A8AA3 #A32A4D #A3802A

monochromatic

#113842 #1D6172 #2A8AA3 #3DAFCD #6EC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2A8AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#2A8AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AA3

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AA3	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	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)

#7A86A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acbe',
    500: '#2a8aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8aa3;
$custom-light: #76acbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.397,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5897,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AA3

secondary

#C07B68

accent

#6646E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AA3

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

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