#2A8BBF#2A8BBF

#2A8BBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.117 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BBF
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 27.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -9.75, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 36.26, 254.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.0633 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.117 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5877, 22.7167, 52.6325)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BBF #BF5E2A

analogous

#2ABFA8 #2A8BBF #2A40BF

triadic

#2A8BBF #BF2A8B #8BBF2A

tetradic

#2A8BBF #A82ABF #BF5E2A #40BF2A

square

#2A8BBF #A82ABF #BF5E2A #40BF2A

split-complementary

#2A8BBF #BF2A40 #BFA82A

monochromatic

#14425B #1F668D #2A8BBF #4EA8D8 #80C1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2A8BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2A8BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BBF

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BBF	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.117 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacd2',
    500: '#2a8bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8bbf;
$custom-light: #7aacd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.94,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60552,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BBF

secondary

#CC9679

accent

#7B41E7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BBF

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

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