#2A8AAF#2A8AAF

#2A8AAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.103 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AAF
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -14.80, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 31.10, 241.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.0679 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.103 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7780, 21.7622, 43.8127)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AAF #AF4F2A

analogous

#2AAF92 #2A8AAF #2A47AF

triadic

#2A8AAF #AF2A8A #8AAF2A

tetradic

#2A8AAF #922AAF #AF4F2A #47AF2A

square

#2A8AAF #922AAF #AF4F2A #47AF2A

split-complementary

#2A8AAF #AF2A47 #AF922A

monochromatic

#123C4C #1E637E #2A8AAF #44ABD2 #75C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2A8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2A8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AAF

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AAF	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#7788B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.103 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc7',
    500: '#2a8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8aaf;
$custom-light: #77acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59519,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AAF

secondary

#C6876F

accent

#7043E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AAF

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

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