#2A8BAC#2A8BAC

#2A8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.100 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BAC
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -16.38, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 30.18, 237.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0701 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.1 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6308, 21.9339, 42.3262)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BAC #AC4B2A

analogous

#2AAC8C #2A8BAC #2A4AAC

triadic

#2A8BAC #AC2A8B #8BAC2A

tetradic

#2A8BAC #8C2AAC #AC4B2A #4AAC2A

square

#2A8BAC #8C2AAC #AC4B2A #4AAC2A

split-complementary

#2A8BAC #AC2A4A #AC8C2A

monochromatic

#123B4A #1E637B #2A8BAC #42ADD1 #73C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2A8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2A8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BAC

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BAC	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.100 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc4',
    500: '#2a8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8bac;
$custom-light: #77adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.231,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59625,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BAC

secondary

#C4846D

accent

#6D44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BAC

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

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