#2A8AAA#2A8AAA

#2A8AAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.099 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AAA
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 170)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -16.52, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 29.80, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0698 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.099 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2960, 21.5694, 41.2742)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AAA #AA4A2A

analogous

#2AAA8A #2A8AAA #2A4AAA

triadic

#2A8AAA #AA2A8A #8AAA2A

tetradic

#2A8AAA #8A2AAA #AA4A2A #4AAA2A

square

#2A8AAA #8A2AAA #AA4A2A #4AAA2A

split-complementary

#2A8AAA #AA2A4A #AA8A2A

monochromatic

#123A48 #1E6279 #2A8AAA #41ACD0 #72C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2A8AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2A8AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AAA

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AAA	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.099 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc3',
    500: '#2a8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8aaa;
$custom-light: #77acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59286,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AAA

secondary

#C3826C

accent

#6C44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AAA

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

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