#2A8BBC#2A8BBC

#2A8BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.114 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BBC
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -10.81, -33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 35.14, 252.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0643 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.114 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2609, 22.5860, 50.9116)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BBC #BC5B2A

analogous

#2ABCA4 #2A8BBC #2A42BC

triadic

#2A8BBC #BC2A8B #8BBC2A

tetradic

#2A8BBC #A42ABC #BC5B2A #42BC2A

square

#2A8BBC #A42ABC #BC5B2A #42BC2A

split-complementary

#2A8BBC #BC2A42 #BCA42A

monochromatic

#144158 #1F668A #2A8BBC #4CA8D7 #7EC1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2A8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2A8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BBC

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BBC	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.114 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacd0',
    500: '#2a8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8bbc;
$custom-light: #7aacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.137,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60399,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BBC

secondary

#CB9377

accent

#7941E7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BBC

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

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