#2A8BB5#2A8BB5

#2A8BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.107 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BB5
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -13.27, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 32.73, 246.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0667 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.107 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5246, 22.2915, 47.0335)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BB5 #B5542A

analogous

#2AB599 #2A8BB5 #2A46B5

triadic

#2A8BB5 #B52A8B #8BB52A

tetradic

#2A8BB5 #992AB5 #B5542A #46B52A

square

#2A8BB5 #992AB5 #B5542A #46B52A

split-complementary

#2A8BB5 #B52A46 #B5992A

monochromatic

#133F52 #1E6583 #2A8BB5 #48AAD4 #79C1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2A8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2A8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BB5

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BB5	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.107 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78accb',
    500: '#2a8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8bb5;
$custom-light: #78accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.129,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60052,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BB5

secondary

#C88D73

accent

#7442E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BB5

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

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