#2A8BAA#2A8BAA

#2A8BAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.098 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BAA
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 170)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -17.06, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 29.71, 234.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0708 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.098 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4402, 21.8577, 41.3222)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BAA #AA492A

analogous

#2AAA89 #2A8BAA #2A4BAA

triadic

#2A8BAA #AA2A8B #8BAA2A

tetradic

#2A8BAA #892AAA #AA492A #4BAA2A

square

#2A8BAA #892AAA #AA492A #4BAA2A

split-complementary

#2A8BAA #AA2A4B #AA892A

monochromatic

#123B48 #1E6379 #2A8BAA #41ADD0 #72C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2A8BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2A8BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BAA

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BAA	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.098 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc3',
    500: '#2a8baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8baa;
$custom-light: #77adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.531,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59533,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BAA

secondary

#C3816C

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BAA

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

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