#2A8CB7#2A8CB7

#2A8CB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.109 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CB7
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 183)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 23.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, -13.13, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 33.16, 246.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.067 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.109 232)
XYZ	xyz(18.8767, 22.6650, 48.1705)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CB7 #B7552A

analogous

#2AB79C #2A8CB7 #2A46B7

triadic

#2A8CB7 #B72A8C #8CB72A

tetradic

#2A8CB7 #9C2AB7 #B7552A #46B72A

square

#2A8CB7 #9C2AB7 #B7552A #46B72A

split-complementary

#2A8CB7 #B72A46 #B79C2A

monochromatic

#134053 #1F6685 #2A8CB7 #49AAD5 #7BC2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2A8CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2A8CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CB7

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CB7	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)

#768AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.109 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adcc',
    500: '#2a8cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8cb7;
$custom-light: #79adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.298,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60392,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.22667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CB7

secondary

#C98E74

accent

#7442E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CB7

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

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