#2A8DB6#2A8DB6

#2A8DB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.107 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DB6
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 22.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -14.04, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 32.65, 244.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0683 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.107 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9198, 22.9171, 47.6732)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DB6 #B6532A

analogous

#2AB699 #2A8DB6 #2A47B6

triadic

#2A8DB6 #B62A8D #8DB62A

tetradic

#2A8DB6 #992AB6 #B6532A #47B62A

square

#2A8DB6 #992AB6 #B6532A #47B62A

split-complementary

#2A8DB6 #B62A47 #B6992A

monochromatic

#134053 #1F6684 #2A8DB6 #48ACD5 #7AC2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2A8DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2A8DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DB6

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DB6	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.107 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aecc',
    500: '#2a8db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8db6;
$custom-light: #79aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60587,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DB6

secondary

#C88C73

accent

#7242E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DB6

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

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