#2A8EC5#2A8EC5

#2A8EC5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.121 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8EC5
RGB	rgb(42, 142, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 27.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -9.31, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 37.66, 255.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0641 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.121 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7019, 23.8669, 56.3282)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8EC5 #C5612A

analogous

#2AC5AF #2A8EC5 #2A41C5

triadic

#2A8EC5 #C52A8E #8EC52A

tetradic

#2A8EC5 #AF2AC5 #C5612A #41C52A

square

#2A8EC5 #AF2AC5 #C5612A #41C52A

split-complementary

#2A8EC5 #C52A41 #C5AF2A

monochromatic

#144560 #1F6A93 #2A8EC5 #52AADA #85C3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#2A8EC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#2A8EC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8EC5

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8EC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8EC5	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8ec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 142, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.121 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baed7',
    500: '#2a8ec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8ec5;
$custom-light: #7baed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8ec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61576,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8EC5

secondary

#CE9A7D

accent

#7C40E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8EC5

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

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