#2A8DB7#2A8DB7

#2A8DB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.108 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DB7
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 183)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 23%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -13.69, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 32.96, 245.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0679 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.108 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0235, 22.9586, 48.2194)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DB7 #B7542A

analogous

#2AB79B #2A8DB7 #2A47B7

triadic

#2A8DB7 #B72A8D #8DB72A

tetradic

#2A8DB7 #9B2AB7 #B7542A #47B72A

square

#2A8DB7 #9B2AB7 #B7542A #47B72A

split-complementary

#2A8DB7 #B72A47 #B79B2A

monochromatic

#134053 #1F6785 #2A8DB7 #49ABD5 #7BC2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2A8DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#2A8DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DB7

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DB7	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.108 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aecc',
    500: '#2a8db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8db7;
$custom-light: #79aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60635,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DB7

secondary

#C98D74

accent

#7342E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DB7

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

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