#2A8EA5#2A8EA5

#2A8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.095 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EA5
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -20.35, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 28.77, 224.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0759 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.095 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4165, 22.5528, 39.0252)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EA5 #A5412A

analogous

#2AA57F #2A8EA5 #2A50A5

triadic

#2A8EA5 #A52A8E #8EA52A

tetradic

#2A8EA5 #7F2AA5 #A5412A #50A52A

square

#2A8EA5 #7F2AA5 #A5412A #50A52A

split-complementary

#2A8EA5 #A52A50 #A57F2A

monochromatic

#113A43 #1E6474 #2A8EA5 #3EB3CE #6FC6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2A8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2A8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EA5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EA5	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.095 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afbf',
    500: '#2a8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ea5;
$custom-light: #76afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.22,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60057,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EA5

secondary

#C17A69

accent

#6345E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EA5

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

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