#2A8EB6#2A8EB6

#2A8EB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.107 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EB6
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, -14.59, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 32.47, 243.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0693 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.107 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0679, 23.2133, 47.7226)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EB6 #B6522A

analogous

#2AB698 #2A8EB6 #2A48B6

triadic

#2A8EB6 #B62A8E #8EB62A

tetradic

#2A8EB6 #982AB6 #B6522A #48B62A

square

#2A8EB6 #982AB6 #B6522A #48B62A

split-complementary

#2A8EB6 #B62A48 #B6982A

monochromatic

#134053 #1F6784 #2A8EB6 #48ADD5 #7AC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2A8EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#2A8EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EB6

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EB6	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.107 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afcc',
    500: '#2a8eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8eb6;
$custom-light: #79afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6083,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EB6

secondary

#C88C73

accent

#7142E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EB6

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

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