#2A8EB7#2A8EB7

#2A8EB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.108 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EB7
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 183)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 22.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -14.24, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 32.77, 244.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0689 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.108 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1716, 23.2548, 48.2688)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EB7 #B7532A

analogous

#2AB79A #2A8EB7 #2A47B7

triadic

#2A8EB7 #B72A8E #8EB72A

tetradic

#2A8EB7 #9A2AB7 #B7532A #47B72A

square

#2A8EB7 #9A2AB7 #B7532A #47B72A

split-complementary

#2A8EB7 #B72A47 #B79A2A

monochromatic

#134153 #1F6785 #2A8EB7 #49ACD5 #7BC3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2A8EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#2A8EB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EB7

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EB7	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.108 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afcc',
    500: '#2a8eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8eb7;
$custom-light: #79afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.447,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60878,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EB7

secondary

#C98D74

accent

#7242E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EB7

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

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