#2A8EA9#2A8EA9

#2A8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.097 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EA9
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -19.02, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 29.38, 229.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0743 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.097 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7863, 22.7007, 40.9727)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EA9 #A9452A

analogous

#2AA985 #2A8EA9 #2A4FA9

triadic

#2A8EA9 #A92A8E #8EA92A

tetradic

#2A8EA9 #852AA9 #A9452A #4FA92A

square

#2A8EA9 #852AA9 #A9452A #4FA92A

split-complementary

#2A8EA9 #A92A4F #A9852A

monochromatic

#123C47 #1E6578 #2A8EA9 #41B1D0 #72C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2A8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2A8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EA9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EA9	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.097 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc2',
    500: '#2a8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ea9;
$custom-light: #77afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.756,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60231,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EA9

secondary

#C37E6C

accent

#6644E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EA9

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

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