#2A8EA3#2A8EA3

#2A8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.094 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EA3
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, -21.01, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 28.53, 222.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0767 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.094 215)
XYZ	xyz(17.2359, 22.4805, 38.0740)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EA3 #A33F2A

analogous

#2AA37B #2A8EA3 #2A52A3

triadic

#2A8EA3 #A32A8E #8EA32A

tetradic

#2A8EA3 #7B2AA3 #A33F2A #52A32A

square

#2A8EA3 #7B2AA3 #A33F2A #52A32A

split-complementary

#2A8EA3 #A32A52 #A37B2A

monochromatic

#113942 #1D6472 #2A8EA3 #3DB4CD #6EC7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2A8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2A8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EA3

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EA3	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.094 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afbe',
    500: '#2a8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ea3;
$custom-light: #76afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.413,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59971,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.22483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EA3

secondary

#C07868

accent

#6146E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EA3

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

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