#2A8AA4#2A8AA4

#2A8AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AA4
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -18.55, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 28.56, 229.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0722 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.094 220)
XYZ	xyz(16.7414, 21.3476, 38.3529)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AA4 #A4442A

analogous

#2AA481 #2A8AA4 #2A4DA4

triadic

#2A8AA4 #A42A8A #8AA42A

tetradic

#2A8AA4 #812AA4 #A4442A #4DA42A

square

#2A8AA4 #812AA4 #A4442A #4DA42A

split-complementary

#2A8AA4 #A42A4D #A4812A

monochromatic

#113843 #1E6173 #2A8AA4 #3EAFCD #6EC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2A8AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#2A8AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AA4

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AA4	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acbf',
    500: '#2a8aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8aa4;
$custom-light: #76acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.787,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59014,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.2135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AA4

secondary

#C17C69

accent

#6745E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AA4

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

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