#2A8CAA#2A8CAA

#2A8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.098 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CAA
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, -17.61, -23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 29.65, 233.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0718 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.098 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5856, 22.1486, 41.3707)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CAA #AA482A

analogous

#2AAA88 #2A8CAA #2A4CAA

triadic

#2A8CAA #AA2A8C #8CAA2A

tetradic

#2A8CAA #882AAA #AA482A #4CAA2A

square

#2A8CAA #882AAA #AA482A #4CAA2A

split-complementary

#2A8CAA #AA2A4C #AA882A

monochromatic

#123B48 #1E6479 #2A8CAA #41AFD0 #72C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2A8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2A8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CAA

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CAA	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.098 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc3',
    500: '#2a8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8caa;
$custom-light: #77adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.063,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5978,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CAA

secondary

#C3816C

accent

#6A44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CAA

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

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