#2A8AC5#2A8AC5

#2A8AC5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.124 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8AC5
RGB	rgb(42, 138, 197)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -7.02, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 39.01, 259.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0604 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.124 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1174, 22.6980, 56.1334)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8AC5 #C5652A

analogous

#2AC5B3 #2A8AC5 #2A3CC5

triadic

#2A8AC5 #C52A8A #8AC52A

tetradic

#2A8AC5 #B32AC5 #C5652A #3CC52A

square

#2A8AC5 #B32AC5 #C5652A #3CC52A

split-complementary

#2A8AC5 #C52A3C #C5B32A

monochromatic

#144360 #1F6793 #2A8AC5 #52A6DA #85C0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2A8AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2A8AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8AC5

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8AC5	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 138, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.124 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacd7',
    500: '#2a8ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ac5;
$custom-light: #7bacd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.839,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60629,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8AC5

secondary

#CE9C7D

accent

#8040E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8AC5

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

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