#2A8CC2#2A8CC2

#2A8CC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.120 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CC2
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 194)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -9.25, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 37.12, 255.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0632 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.12 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0667, 23.1410, 54.4375)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CC2 #C2602A

analogous

#2AC2AC #2A8CC2 #2A40C2

triadic

#2A8CC2 #C22A8C #8CC22A

tetradic

#2A8CC2 #AC2AC2 #C2602A #40C22A

square

#2A8CC2 #AC2AC2 #C2602A #40C22A

split-complementary

#2A8CC2 #C22A40 #C2AC2A

monochromatic

#14435D #1F6890 #2A8CC2 #50A8D9 #82C1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2A8CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#2A8CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CC2

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CC2	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728CC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.120 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badd4',
    500: '#2a8cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8cc2;
$custom-light: #7badd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.316,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60946,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CC2

secondary

#CD987B

accent

#7C40E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CC2

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

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