#2A8DB5#2A8DB5

#2A8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.107 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DB5
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -14.38, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 32.35, 243.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0687 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.107 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8168, 22.8759, 47.1309)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DB5 #B5522A

analogous

#2AB597 #2A8DB5 #2A47B5

triadic

#2A8DB5 #B52A8D #8DB52A

tetradic

#2A8DB5 #972AB5 #B5522A #47B52A

square

#2A8DB5 #972AB5 #B5522A #47B52A

split-complementary

#2A8DB5 #B52A47 #B5972A

monochromatic

#134052 #1E6683 #2A8DB5 #48ACD4 #79C2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2A8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2A8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DB5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DB5	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.107 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aecb',
    500: '#2a8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8db5;
$custom-light: #79aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60538,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DB5

secondary

#C88B73

accent

#7142E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DB5

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

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