#2A8BA1#2A8BA1

#2A8BA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BA1
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 161)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -20.08, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 28.12, 224.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0744 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.093 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6178, 21.5287, 36.9909)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BA1 #A1402A

analogous

#2AA17B #2A8BA1 #2A50A1

triadic

#2A8BA1 #A12A8B #8BA12A

tetradic

#2A8BA1 #7B2AA1 #A1402A #50A12A

square

#2A8BA1 #7B2AA1 #A1402A #50A12A

split-complementary

#2A8BA1 #A12A50 #A17B2A

monochromatic

#113740 #1D6170 #2A8BA1 #3CB2CC #6DC5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2A8BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2A8BA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BA1

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BA1	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adbc',
    500: '#2a8ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ba1;
$custom-light: #75adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59133,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BA1

secondary

#C07867

accent

#6346E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BA1

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

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