#2A8CA2#2A8CA2

#2A8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CA2
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -20.28, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 28.30, 224.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0751 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.093 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8518, 21.8551, 37.5057)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CA2 #A2402A

analogous

#2AA27C #2A8CA2 #2A50A2

triadic

#2A8CA2 #A22A8C #8CA22A

tetradic

#2A8CA2 #7C2AA2 #A2402A #50A22A

square

#2A8CA2 #7C2AA2 #A2402A #50A22A

split-complementary

#2A8CA2 #A22A50 #A27C2A

monochromatic

#113841 #1D6271 #2A8CA2 #3DB2CD #6DC5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2A8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2A8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CA2

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CA2	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbd',
    500: '#2a8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ca2;
$custom-light: #76adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59427,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CA2

secondary

#C07868

accent

#6246E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CA2

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

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