#2A8DAA#2A8DAA

#2A8DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.098 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DAA
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -18.15, -23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 29.59, 232.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0728 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.098 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7324, 22.4422, 41.4196)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DAA #AA472A

analogous

#2AAA87 #2A8DAA #2A4DAA

triadic

#2A8DAA #AA2A8D #8DAA2A

tetradic

#2A8DAA #872AAA #AA472A #4DAA2A

square

#2A8DAA #872AAA #AA472A #4DAA2A

split-complementary

#2A8DAA #AA2A4D #AA872A

monochromatic

#123C48 #1E6479 #2A8DAA #41B0D0 #72C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2A8DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#2A8DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DAA

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DAA	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.098 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aec3',
    500: '#2a8daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8daa;
$custom-light: #77aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.594,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DAA

secondary

#C3806C

accent

#6844E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DAA

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

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