#2A8AAD#2A8AAD

#2A8AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.101 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AAD
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -15.49, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 30.55, 239.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0687 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.101 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5831, 21.6842, 42.7858)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AAD #AD4D2A

analogous

#2AAD8F #2A8AAD #2A48AD

triadic

#2A8AAD #AD2A8A #8AAD2A

tetradic

#2A8AAD #8F2AAD #AD4D2A #48AD2A

square

#2A8AAD #8F2AAD #AD4D2A #48AD2A

split-complementary

#2A8AAD #AD2A48 #AD8F2A

monochromatic

#123B4B #1E637C #2A8AAD #43ABD1 #74C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2A8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2A8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AAD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AAD	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7787AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.101 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc5',
    500: '#2a8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8aad;
$custom-light: #77acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59425,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AAD

secondary

#C5856E

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AAD

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

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