#2A8CB5#2A8CB5

#2A8CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.107 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CB5
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -13.83, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 32.53, 244.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0677 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.107 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6700, 22.5824, 47.0819)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CB5 #B5532A

analogous

#2AB598 #2A8CB5 #2A46B5

triadic

#2A8CB5 #B52A8C #8CB52A

tetradic

#2A8CB5 #982AB5 #B5532A #46B52A

square

#2A8CB5 #982AB5 #B5532A #46B52A

split-complementary

#2A8CB5 #B52A46 #B5982A

monochromatic

#133F52 #1E6683 #2A8CB5 #48ABD4 #79C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2A8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2A8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CB5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CB5	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.107 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adcb',
    500: '#2a8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8cb5;
$custom-light: #79adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60295,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CB5

secondary

#C88C73

accent

#7242E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CB5

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

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