#2A8EB1#2A8EB1

#2A8EB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.103 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EB1
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -16.31, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 31.09, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0711 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.103 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5604, 23.0103, 45.0497)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EB1 #B14D2A

analogous

#2AB191 #2A8EB1 #2A4AB1

triadic

#2A8EB1 #B12A8E #8EB12A

tetradic

#2A8EB1 #912AB1 #B14D2A #4AB12A

square

#2A8EB1 #912AB1 #B14D2A #4AB12A

split-complementary

#2A8EB1 #B12A4A #B1912A

monochromatic

#133F4E #1E6680 #2A8EB1 #45AED3 #77C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2A8EB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2A8EB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EB1

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EB1	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8eb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.103 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc8',
    500: '#2a8eb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8eb1;
$custom-light: #78afc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8eb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60594,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EB1

secondary

#C68770

accent

#6D43E5

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EB1

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

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