#2A8EA4#2A8EA4

#2A8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.094 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EA4
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, -20.68, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 28.64, 223.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0763 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.094 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3258, 22.5165, 38.5478)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EA4 #A4402A

analogous

#2AA47D #2A8EA4 #2A51A4

triadic

#2A8EA4 #A42A8E #8EA42A

tetradic

#2A8EA4 #7D2AA4 #A4402A #51A42A

square

#2A8EA4 #7D2AA4 #A4402A #51A42A

split-complementary

#2A8EA4 #A42A51 #A47D2A

monochromatic

#113A43 #1E6473 #2A8EA4 #3EB4CD #6EC7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2A8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2A8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EA4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EA4	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)

#7F8AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.094 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afbf',
    500: '#2a8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ea4;
$custom-light: #76afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60014,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EA4

secondary

#C17969

accent

#6245E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EA4

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

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