#2A8EC2#2A8EC2

#2A8EC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.118 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EC2
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(201, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -10.38, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 36.52, 253.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.0651 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.118 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3616, 23.7308, 54.5358)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EC2 #C25E2A

analogous

#2AC2AA #2A8EC2 #2A42C2

triadic

#2A8EC2 #C22A8E #8EC22A

tetradic

#2A8EC2 #AA2AC2 #C25E2A #42C22A

square

#2A8EC2 #AA2AC2 #C25E2A #42C22A

split-complementary

#2A8EC2 #C22A42 #C2AA2A

monochromatic

#14445D #1F6990 #2A8EC2 #50AAD9 #82C3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#2A8EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#2A8EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EC2

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EC2	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.118 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafd4',
    500: '#2a8ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ec2;
$custom-light: #7bafd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61422,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EC2

secondary

#CD977B

accent

#7A40E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EC2

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

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