#2A8EAD#2A8EAD

#2A8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.100 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EAD
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -17.67, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 30.16, 234.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0727 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.1 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1675, 22.8532, 42.9807)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EAD #AD492A

analogous

#2AAD8A #2A8EAD #2A4DAD

triadic

#2A8EAD #AD2A8E #8EAD2A

tetradic

#2A8EAD #8A2AAD #AD492A #4DAD2A

square

#2A8EAD #8A2AAD #AD492A #4DAD2A

split-complementary

#2A8EAD #AD2A4D #AD8A2A

monochromatic

#123D4B #1E667C #2A8EAD #43B0D1 #74C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2A8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2A8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EAD

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EAD	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.100 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc5',
    500: '#2a8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ead;
$custom-light: #77afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.198,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60411,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EAD

secondary

#C5836E

accent

#6A44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EAD

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

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