#2A8EB3#2A8EB3

#2A8EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.104 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EB3
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -15.62, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 31.62, 240.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0704 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.104 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7612, 23.0907, 46.1072)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EB3 #B34F2A

analogous

#2AB393 #2A8EB3 #2A4AB3

triadic

#2A8EB3 #B32A8E #8EB32A

tetradic

#2A8EB3 #932AB3 #B34F2A #4AB32A

square

#2A8EB3 #932AB3 #B34F2A #4AB32A

split-complementary

#2A8EB3 #B32A4A #B3932A

monochromatic

#133F50 #1E6781 #2A8EB3 #46AED4 #78C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2A8EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#2A8EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EB3

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EB3	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.104 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afca',
    500: '#2a8eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8eb3;
$custom-light: #78afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.204,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60688,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EB3

secondary

#C78972

accent

#6F43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EB3

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

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