#2A8CA4#2A8CA4

#2A8CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.094 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CA4
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -19.62, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 28.57, 226.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0742 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.094 218)
XYZ	xyz(17.0310, 21.9267, 38.4495)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CA4 #A4422A

analogous

#2AA47F #2A8CA4 #2A4FA4

triadic

#2A8CA4 #A42A8C #8CA42A

tetradic

#2A8CA4 #7F2AA4 #A4422A #4FA42A

square

#2A8CA4 #7F2AA4 #A4422A #4FA42A

split-complementary

#2A8CA4 #A42A4F #A47F2A

monochromatic

#113943 #1E6273 #2A8CA4 #3EB1CD #6EC5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2A8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2A8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CA4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CA4	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.094 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbf',
    500: '#2a8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ca4;
$custom-light: #76adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59514,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.21929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CA4

secondary

#C17A69

accent

#6445E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CA4

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

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