#2A8CB6#2A8CB6

#2A8CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.108 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CB6
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -13.48, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 32.84, 245.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0673 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.108 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7730, 22.6236, 47.6243)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CB6 #B6542A

analogous

#2AB69A #2A8CB6 #2A46B6

triadic

#2A8CB6 #B62A8C #8CB62A

tetradic

#2A8CB6 #9A2AB6 #B6542A #46B62A

square

#2A8CB6 #9A2AB6 #B6542A #46B62A

split-complementary

#2A8CB6 #B62A46 #B69A2A

monochromatic

#134053 #1F6684 #2A8CB6 #48ABD5 #7AC2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2A8CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2A8CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CB6

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CB6	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.108 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adcc',
    500: '#2a8cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8cb6;
$custom-light: #79adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60343,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CB6

secondary

#C88D73

accent

#7342E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CB6

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

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