#2A8EAE#2A8EAE

#2A8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.101 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EAE
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, -17.33, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 30.38, 235.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.0723 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.101 224)
XYZ	xyz(18.2647, 22.8921, 43.4922)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EAE #AE4A2A

analogous

#2AAE8C #2A8EAE #2A4CAE

triadic

#2A8EAE #AE2A8E #8EAE2A

tetradic

#2A8EAE #8C2AAE #AE4A2A #4CAE2A

square

#2A8EAE #8C2AAE #AE4A2A #4CAE2A

split-complementary

#2A8EAE #AE2A4C #AE8C2A

monochromatic

#123E4B #1E667D #2A8EAE #43AFD2 #75C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2A8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2A8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EAE

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EAE	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.101 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc6',
    500: '#2a8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8eae;
$custom-light: #78afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60456,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.22894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EAE

secondary

#C5846F

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EAE

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

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