#2A8DA9#2A8DA9

#2A8DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.097 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DA9
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -18.48, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 29.40, 231.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0732 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.097 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6382, 22.4045, 40.9233)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DA9 #A9462A

analogous

#2AA986 #2A8DA9 #2A4EA9

triadic

#2A8DA9 #A92A8D #8DA92A

tetradic

#2A8DA9 #862AA9 #A9462A #4EA92A

square

#2A8DA9 #862AA9 #A9462A #4EA92A

split-complementary

#2A8DA9 #A92A4E #A9862A

monochromatic

#123B47 #1E6478 #2A8DA9 #41B0D0 #72C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2A8DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2A8DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DA9

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DA9	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.097 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aec2',
    500: '#2a8da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8da9;
$custom-light: #77aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.228,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59983,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DA9

secondary

#C37F6C

accent

#6744E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DA9

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

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