#2A8BAD#2A8BAD

#2A8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.101 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BAD
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -16.04, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 30.43, 238.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0697 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.101 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7272, 21.9725, 42.8339)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BAD #AD4C2A

analogous

#2AAD8E #2A8BAD #2A49AD

triadic

#2A8BAD #AD2A8B #8BAD2A

tetradic

#2A8BAD #8E2AAD #AD4C2A #49AD2A

square

#2A8BAD #8E2AAD #AD4C2A #49AD2A

split-complementary

#2A8BAD #AD2A49 #AD8E2A

monochromatic

#123C4B #1E637C #2A8BAD #43ACD1 #74C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2A8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2A8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BAD

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BAD	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.101 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc5',
    500: '#2a8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8bad;
$custom-light: #77adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.573,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59671,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BAD

secondary

#C5856E

accent

#6D44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BAD

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

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