#2A8DC2#2A8DC2

#2A8DC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.119 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DC2
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -9.81, -35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 36.81, 254.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0641 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.119 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2134, 23.4346, 54.4865)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DC2 #C25F2A

analogous

#2AC2AB #2A8DC2 #2A41C2

triadic

#2A8DC2 #C22A8D #8DC22A

tetradic

#2A8DC2 #AB2AC2 #C25F2A #41C22A

square

#2A8DC2 #AB2AC2 #C25F2A #41C22A

split-complementary

#2A8DC2 #C22A41 #C2AB2A

monochromatic

#14445D #1F6890 #2A8DC2 #50A9D9 #82C2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#2A8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#2A8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DC2

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DC2	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.119 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baed4',
    500: '#2a8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8dc2;
$custom-light: #7baed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.921,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61184,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DC2

secondary

#CD977B

accent

#7B40E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DC2

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

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