#2A8EB5#2A8EB5

#2A8EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.106 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EB5
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -14.94, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 32.18, 242.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.0696 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.106 229)
XYZ	xyz(18.9649, 23.1722, 47.1802)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EB5 #B5512A

analogous

#2AB596 #2A8EB5 #2A48B5

triadic

#2A8EB5 #B52A8E #8EB52A

tetradic

#2A8EB5 #962AB5 #B5512A #48B52A

square

#2A8EB5 #962AB5 #B5512A #48B52A

split-complementary

#2A8EB5 #B52A48 #B5962A

monochromatic

#134052 #1E6783 #2A8EB5 #48ADD4 #79C3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2A8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#2A8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EB5

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EB5	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.106 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afcb',
    500: '#2a8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8eb5;
$custom-light: #79afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.835,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60782,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.23174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EB5

secondary

#C88B73

accent

#7042E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EB5

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

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