#2A8CA1#2A8CA1

#2A8CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CA1
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -20.61, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 28.18, 222.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0755 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.093 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7632, 21.8196, 37.0394)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CA1 #A13F2A

analogous

#2AA17A #2A8CA1 #2A51A1

triadic

#2A8CA1 #A12A8C #8CA12A

tetradic

#2A8CA1 #7A2AA1 #A13F2A #51A12A

square

#2A8CA1 #7A2AA1 #A13F2A #51A12A

split-complementary

#2A8CA1 #A12A51 #A17A2A

monochromatic

#113840 #1D6270 #2A8CA1 #3CB3CC #6DC6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2A8CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#2A8CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CA1

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CA1	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbc',
    500: '#2a8ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ca1;
$custom-light: #76adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59384,
    "c": 0.09255,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CA1

secondary

#C07767

accent

#6146E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CA1

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

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