#2A8BB6#2A8BB6

#2A8BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.108 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BB6
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -12.92, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 33.05, 246.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.0664 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.108 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6276, 22.3326, 47.5758)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BB6 #B6552A

analogous

#2AB69B #2A8BB6 #2A45B6

triadic

#2A8BB6 #B62A8B #8BB62A

tetradic

#2A8BB6 #9B2AB6 #B6552A #45B62A

square

#2A8BB6 #9B2AB6 #B6552A #45B62A

split-complementary

#2A8BB6 #B62A45 #B69B2A

monochromatic

#133F53 #1F6584 #2A8BB6 #48AAD5 #7AC1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2A8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#2A8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BB6

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BB6	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7589B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.108 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79accc',
    500: '#2a8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8bb6;
$custom-light: #79accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60101,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BB6

secondary

#C88E73

accent

#7442E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BB6

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

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