#2A8CA6#2A8CA6

#2A8CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.095 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CA6
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -18.95, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 28.88, 228.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0734 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.095 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2130, 21.9995, 39.4081)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CA6 #A6442A

analogous

#2AA682 #2A8CA6 #2A4EA6

triadic

#2A8CA6 #A62A8C #8CA62A

tetradic

#2A8CA6 #822AA6 #A6442A #4EA62A

square

#2A8CA6 #822AA6 #A6442A #4EA62A

split-complementary

#2A8CA6 #A62A4E #A6822A

monochromatic

#113A44 #1E6375 #2A8CA6 #3FB0CE #70C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2A8CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2A8CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CA6

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CA6	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.095 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc0',
    500: '#2a8ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ca6;
$custom-light: #76adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.581,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59601,
    "c": 0.09541,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CA6

secondary

#C27C6A

accent

#6645E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CA6

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

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