#2A8EBC#2A8EBC

#2A8EBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.112 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EBC
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -12.50, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 34.37, 248.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0671 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.112 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7013, 23.4667, 51.0584)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EBC #BC582A

analogous

#2ABCA1 #2A8EBC #2A45BC

triadic

#2A8EBC #BC2A8E #8EBC2A

tetradic

#2A8EBC #A12ABC #BC582A #45BC2A

square

#2A8EBC #A12ABC #BC582A #45BC2A

split-complementary

#2A8EBC #BC2A45 #BCA12A

monochromatic

#144258 #1F688A #2A8EBC #4CABD7 #7EC3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#2A8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#2A8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EBC

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EBC	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.112 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafd0',
    500: '#2a8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ebc;
$custom-light: #7aafd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61121,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EBC

secondary

#CB9177

accent

#7541E7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EBC

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

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