#2A8BC5#2A8BC5

#2A8BC5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.124 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8BC5
RGB	rgb(42, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -7.60, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 38.65, 258.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0613 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.124 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2615, 22.9862, 56.1814)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8BC5 #C5642A

analogous

#2AC5B2 #2A8BC5 #2A3DC5

triadic

#2A8BC5 #C52A8B #8BC52A

tetradic

#2A8BC5 #B22AC5 #C5642A #3DC52A

square

#2A8BC5 #B22AC5 #C5642A #3DC52A

split-complementary

#2A8BC5 #C52A3D #C5B22A

monochromatic

#144460 #1F6793 #2A8BC5 #52A7DA #85C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2A8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2A8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8BC5

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8BC5	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.124 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacd7',
    500: '#2a8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8bc5;
$custom-light: #7bacd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.452,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60865,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8BC5

secondary

#CE9B7D

accent

#7F40E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8BC5

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

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