#2A8BAE#2A8BAE

#2A8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.101 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BAE
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -15.70, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 30.69, 239.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0693 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.101 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8243, 22.0113, 43.3454)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BAE #AE4D2A

analogous

#2AAE8F #2A8BAE #2A49AE

triadic

#2A8BAE #AE2A8B #8BAE2A

tetradic

#2A8BAE #8F2AAE #AE4D2A #49AE2A

square

#2A8BAE #8F2AAE #AE4D2A #49AE2A

split-complementary

#2A8BAE #AE2A49 #AE8F2A

monochromatic

#123C4B #1E647D #2A8BAE #43ACD2 #75C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2A8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2A8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BAE

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BAE	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)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.101 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc6',
    500: '#2a8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8bae;
$custom-light: #77adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59718,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BAE

secondary

#C5866F

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BAE

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

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