#2A8DAD#2A8DAD

#2A8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.100 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DAD
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -17.13, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 30.23, 235.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0717 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.1 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0194, 22.5570, 42.9313)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DAD #AD4A2A

analogous

#2AAD8B #2A8DAD #2A4CAD

triadic

#2A8DAD #AD2A8D #8DAD2A

tetradic

#2A8DAD #8B2AAD #AD4A2A #4CAD2A

square

#2A8DAD #8B2AAD #AD4A2A #4CAD2A

split-complementary

#2A8DAD #AD2A4C #AD8B2A

monochromatic

#123D4B #1E657C #2A8DAD #43AFD1 #74C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2A8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2A8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DAD

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DAD	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.100 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aec5',
    500: '#2a8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8dad;
$custom-light: #77aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.656,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60164,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DAD

secondary

#C5836E

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DAD

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

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