#2A8CC5#2A8CC5

#2A8CC5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.123 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8CC5
RGB	rgb(42, 140, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 28.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -8.17, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 38.31, 257.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0622 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.123 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4070, 23.2771, 56.2299)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8CC5 #C5632A

analogous

#2AC5B1 #2A8CC5 #2A3EC5

triadic

#2A8CC5 #C52A8C #8CC52A

tetradic

#2A8CC5 #B12AC5 #C5632A #3EC52A

square

#2A8CC5 #B12AC5 #C5632A #3EC52A

split-complementary

#2A8CC5 #C52A3E #C5B12A

monochromatic

#144460 #1F6893 #2A8CC5 #52A8DA #85C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#2A8CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#2A8CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8CC5

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8CC5	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 140, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.123 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badd7',
    500: '#2a8cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8cc5;
$custom-light: #7badd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.065,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61102,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8CC5

secondary

#CE9B7D

accent

#7E40E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8CC5

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

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