#2A8CA9#2A8CA9

#2A8CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.097 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CA9
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -17.95, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 29.44, 232.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0722 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.097 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4914, 22.1109, 40.8744)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CA9 #A9472A

analogous

#2AA987 #2A8CA9 #2A4DA9

triadic

#2A8CA9 #A92A8C #8CA92A

tetradic

#2A8CA9 #872AA9 #A9472A #4DA92A

square

#2A8CA9 #872AA9 #A9472A #4DA92A

split-complementary

#2A8CA9 #A92A4D #A9872A

monochromatic

#123B47 #1E6378 #2A8CA9 #41AFD0 #72C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2A8CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2A8CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CA9

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CA9	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.097 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc2',
    500: '#2a8ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ca9;
$custom-light: #77adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.701,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59735,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CA9

secondary

#C3806C

accent

#6944E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CA9

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

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