#2A8CA7#2A8CA7

#2A8CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.096 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CA7
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -18.62, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 29.06, 230.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.073 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.096 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3051, 22.0364, 39.8931)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CA7 #A7452A

analogous

#2AA783 #2A8CA7 #2A4DA7

triadic

#2A8CA7 #A72A8C #8CA72A

tetradic

#2A8CA7 #832AA7 #A7452A #4DA72A

square

#2A8CA7 #832AA7 #A7452A #4DA72A

split-complementary

#2A8CA7 #A72A4D #A7832A

monochromatic

#113A45 #1E6376 #2A8CA7 #3FB0CF #70C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2A8CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2A8CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CA7

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CA7	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.096 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc1',
    500: '#2a8ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ca7;
$custom-light: #76adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.96,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59646,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CA7

secondary

#C27E6B

accent

#6745E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CA7

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

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