#2A8AA5#2A8AA5

#2A8AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.095 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AA5
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -18.21, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 28.74, 230.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0718 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.095 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8320, 21.3838, 38.8304)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AA5 #A5452A

analogous

#2AA582 #2A8AA5 #2A4CA5

triadic

#2A8AA5 #A52A8A #8AA52A

tetradic

#2A8AA5 #822AA5 #A5452A #4CA52A

square

#2A8AA5 #822AA5 #A5452A #4CA52A

split-complementary

#2A8AA5 #A52A4C #A5822A

monochromatic

#113843 #1E6174 #2A8AA5 #3EAECE #6FC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2A8AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#2A8AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AA5

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AA5	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.095 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acbf',
    500: '#2a8aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8aa5;
$custom-light: #76acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59059,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AA5

secondary

#C17D69

accent

#6845E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AA5

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

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