#2A8DA4#2A8DA4

#2A8DA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.094 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DA4
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 14%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -20.15, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 28.60, 225.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% -0.0753 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.094 217)
XYZ	xyz(17.1777, 22.2203, 38.4984)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DA4 #A4412A

analogous

#2AA47E #2A8DA4 #2A50A4

triadic

#2A8DA4 #A42A8D #8DA42A

tetradic

#2A8DA4 #7E2AA4 #A4412A #50A42A

square

#2A8DA4 #7E2AA4 #A4412A #50A42A

split-complementary

#2A8DA4 #A42A50 #A47E2A

monochromatic

#113943 #1E6373 #2A8DA4 #3EB2CD #6EC6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2A8DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2A8DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DA4

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DA4	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.094 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aebf',
    500: '#2a8da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8da4;
$custom-light: #76aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59764,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.22222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DA4

secondary

#C17969

accent

#6345E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DA4

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

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