#2A8EAA#2A8EAA

#2A8EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.098 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EAA
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -18.69, -22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 29.56, 230.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0739 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.098 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8805, 22.7384, 41.4690)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EAA #AA462A

analogous

#2AAA86 #2A8EAA #2A4EAA

triadic

#2A8EAA #AA2A8E #8EAA2A

tetradic

#2A8EAA #862AAA #AA462A #4EAA2A

square

#2A8EAA #862AAA #AA462A #4EAA2A

split-complementary

#2A8EAA #AA2A4E #AA862A

monochromatic

#123C48 #1E6579 #2A8EAA #41B1D0 #72C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2A8EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2A8EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EAA

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EAA	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.098 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc3',
    500: '#2a8eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8eaa;
$custom-light: #77afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.125,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60276,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EAA

secondary

#C37F6C

accent

#6744E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EAA

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

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