#2A8DB1#2A8DB1

#2A8DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.103 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DB1
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -15.76, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 31.22, 239.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0702 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.103 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4123, 22.7141, 45.0003)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DB1 #B14E2A

analogous

#2AB191 #2A8DB1 #2A49B1

triadic

#2A8DB1 #B12A8D #8DB12A

tetradic

#2A8DB1 #912AB1 #B14E2A #49B12A

square

#2A8DB1 #912AB1 #B14E2A #49B12A

split-complementary

#2A8DB1 #B12A49 #B1912A

monochromatic

#133E4E #1E6680 #2A8DB1 #45ADD3 #77C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2A8DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2A8DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DB1

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DB1	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.103 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec8',
    500: '#2a8db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8db1;
$custom-light: #78aec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60349,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DB1

secondary

#C68770

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DB1

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

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