#2A8AAC#2A8AAC

#2A8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.100 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AAC
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -15.84, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 30.29, 238.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0691 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.1 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4867, 21.6457, 42.2781)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AAC #AC4C2A

analogous

#2AAC8D #2A8AAC #2A49AC

triadic

#2A8AAC #AC2A8A #8AAC2A

tetradic

#2A8AAC #8D2AAC #AC4C2A #49AC2A

square

#2A8AAC #8D2AAC #AC4C2A #49AC2A

split-complementary

#2A8AAC #AC2A49 #AC8D2A

monochromatic

#123B4A #1E637B #2A8AAC #42ACD1 #73C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2A8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#2A8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AAC

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AAC	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.100 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc4',
    500: '#2a8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8aac;
$custom-light: #77acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59378,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AAC

secondary

#C4846D

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AAC

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

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