#2A8DA8#2A8DA8

#2A8DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.097 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DA8
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -18.82, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 29.22, 229.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0736 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.097 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5447, 22.3671, 40.4308)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DA8 #A8452A

analogous

#2AA884 #2A8DA8 #2A4EA8

triadic

#2A8DA8 #A82A8D #8DA82A

tetradic

#2A8DA8 #842AA8 #A8452A #4EA82A

square

#2A8DA8 #842AA8 #A8452A #4EA82A

split-complementary

#2A8DA8 #A82A4E #A8842A

monochromatic

#123B46 #1E6477 #2A8DA8 #40B1CF #71C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2A8DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#2A8DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DA8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DA8	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.097 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aec2',
    500: '#2a8da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8da8;
$custom-light: #77aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59939,
    "c": 0.09658,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DA8

secondary

#C37E6B

accent

#6745E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DA8

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

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