#2A8DC5#2A8DC5

#2A8DC5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.122 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DC5
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 28.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -8.74, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 37.98, 256.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0631 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.122 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5538, 23.5707, 56.2788)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DC5 #C5622A

analogous

#2AC5B0 #2A8DC5 #2A40C5

triadic

#2A8DC5 #C52A8D #8DC52A

tetradic

#2A8DC5 #B02AC5 #C5622A #40C52A

square

#2A8DC5 #B02AC5 #C5622A #40C52A

split-complementary

#2A8DC5 #C52A40 #C5B02A

monochromatic

#144560 #1F6993 #2A8DC5 #52A9DA #85C2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#2A8DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#2A8DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DC5

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DC5	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.122 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baed7',
    500: '#2a8dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8dc5;
$custom-light: #7baed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.677,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61339,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DC5

secondary

#CE9A7D

accent

#7D40E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DC5

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

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