#2A8EAC#2A8EAC

#2A8EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.099 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EAC
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -18.01, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 29.95, 233.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0731 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.099 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0711, 22.8146, 42.4730)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EAC #AC482A

analogous

#2AAC89 #2A8EAC #2A4DAC

triadic

#2A8EAC #AC2A8E #8EAC2A

tetradic

#2A8EAC #892AAC #AC482A #4DAC2A

square

#2A8EAC #892AAC #AC482A #4DAC2A

split-complementary

#2A8EAC #AC2A4D #AC892A

monochromatic

#123D4A #1E657B #2A8EAC #42B0D1 #73C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2A8EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2A8EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EAC

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EAC	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.099 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc4',
    500: '#2a8eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8eac;
$custom-light: #77afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60365,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EAC

secondary

#C4826D

accent

#6944E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EAC

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

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