#2A8BA3#2A8BA3

#2A8BA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.094 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BA3
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -19.42, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 28.40, 226.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0736 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.094 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7955, 21.5998, 37.9272)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BA3 #A3422A

analogous

#2AA37E #2A8BA3 #2A4EA3

triadic

#2A8BA3 #A32A8B #8BA32A

tetradic

#2A8BA3 #7E2AA3 #A3422A #4EA32A

square

#2A8BA3 #7E2AA3 #A3422A #4EA32A

split-complementary

#2A8BA3 #A32A4E #A37E2A

monochromatic

#113842 #1D6272 #2A8BA3 #3DB1CD #6EC4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2A8BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2A8BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BA3

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BA3	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.094 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbe',
    500: '#2a8ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ba3;
$custom-light: #76adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.901,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5922,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BA3

secondary

#C07A68

accent

#6546E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BA3

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

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