#2A8AAE#2A8AAE

#2A8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.102 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AAE
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -15.15, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 30.82, 240.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0683 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.102 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6802, 21.7231, 43.2974)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AAE #AE4E2A

analogous

#2AAE90 #2A8AAE #2A48AE

triadic

#2A8AAE #AE2A8A #8AAE2A

tetradic

#2A8AAE #902AAE #AE4E2A #48AE2A

square

#2A8AAE #902AAE #AE4E2A #48AE2A

split-complementary

#2A8AAE #AE2A48 #AE902A

monochromatic

#123C4B #1E637D #2A8AAE #43ABD2 #75C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2A8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2A8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AAE

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AAE	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.102 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc6',
    500: '#2a8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8aae;
$custom-light: #77acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59472,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AAE

secondary

#C5866F

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AAE

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

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