#2A8EA8#2A8EA8

#2A8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.096 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EA8
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -19.36, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 29.21, 228.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0747 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.096 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6928, 22.6633, 40.4802)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EA8 #A8442A

analogous

#2AA883 #2A8EA8 #2A4FA8

triadic

#2A8EA8 #A82A8E #8EA82A

tetradic

#2A8EA8 #832AA8 #A8442A #4FA82A

square

#2A8EA8 #832AA8 #A8442A #4FA82A

split-complementary

#2A8EA8 #A82A4F #A8832A

monochromatic

#123B46 #1E6577 #2A8EA8 #40B2CF #71C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2A8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2A8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EA8

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EA8	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.096 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc2',
    500: '#2a8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ea8;
$custom-light: #77afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.381,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60187,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EA8

secondary

#C37D6B

accent

#6545E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EA8

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

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