#2A8EA6#2A8EA6

#2A8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.095 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EA6
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -20.02, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 28.90, 226.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.0755 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.095 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5079, 22.5893, 39.5064)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EA6 #A6422A

analogous

#2AA680 #2A8EA6 #2A50A6

triadic

#2A8EA6 #A62A8E #8EA62A

tetradic

#2A8EA6 #802AA6 #A6422A #50A62A

square

#2A8EA6 #802AA6 #A6422A #50A62A

split-complementary

#2A8EA6 #A62A50 #A6802A

monochromatic

#113A44 #1E6475 #2A8EA6 #3FB3CE #70C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2A8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2A8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EA6

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EA6	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.095 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afc0',
    500: '#2a8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ea6;
$custom-light: #76afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.601,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EA6

secondary

#C27B6A

accent

#6445E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EA6

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

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