#2A8CA8#2A8CA8

#2A8CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.097 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CA8
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -18.28, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 29.24, 231.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0726 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.097 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3979, 22.0735, 40.3819)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CA8 #A8462A

analogous

#2AA885 #2A8CA8 #2A4DA8

triadic

#2A8CA8 #A82A8C #8CA82A

tetradic

#2A8CA8 #852AA8 #A8462A #4DA82A

square

#2A8CA8 #852AA8 #A8462A #4DA82A

split-complementary

#2A8CA8 #A82A4D #A8852A

monochromatic

#123A46 #1E6377 #2A8CA8 #40AFCF #71C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2A8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2A8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CA8

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CA8	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.097 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc2',
    500: '#2a8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ca8;
$custom-light: #77adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5969,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CA8

secondary

#C37F6B

accent

#6845E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CA8

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

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