#2A8DC6#2A8DC6

#2A8DC6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.123 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8DC6
RGB	rgb(42, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, -8.39, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 38.38, 257.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0628 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.123 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6687, 23.6167, 56.8843)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8DC6 #C6632A

analogous

#2AC6B1 #2A8DC6 #2A3FC6

triadic

#2A8DC6 #C62A8D #8DC62A

tetradic

#2A8DC6 #B12AC6 #C6632A #3FC62A

square

#2A8DC6 #B12AC6 #C6632A #3FC62A

split-complementary

#2A8DC6 #C62A3F #C6B12A

monochromatic

#154561 #1F6994 #2A8DC6 #53A9DA #85C2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#2A8DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#2A8DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8DC6

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8DC6	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.123 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baed7',
    500: '#2a8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8dc6;
$custom-light: #7baed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61391,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8DC6

secondary

#CE9B7D

accent

#7D40E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8DC6

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

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