#2A8BAF#2A8BAF

#2A8BAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.102 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BAF
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 175)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 20.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -15.35, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 30.95, 240.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0689 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.102 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9222, 22.0505, 43.8607)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BAF #AF4E2A

analogous

#2AAF91 #2A8BAF #2A48AF

triadic

#2A8BAF #AF2A8B #8BAF2A

tetradic

#2A8BAF #912AAF #AF4E2A #48AF2A

square

#2A8BAF #912AAF #AF4E2A #48AF2A

split-complementary

#2A8BAF #AF2A48 #AF912A

monochromatic

#123D4C #1E647E #2A8BAF #44ACD2 #75C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2A8BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2A8BAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BAF

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BAF	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.102 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc7',
    500: '#2a8baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8baf;
$custom-light: #77adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59765,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BAF

secondary

#C6876F

accent

#6F43E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BAF

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

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