#2A8FAB#2A8FAB

#2A8FAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.098 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8FAB
RGB	rgb(42, 143, 171)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, -18.89, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 29.71, 230.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0745 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.098 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1249, 23.0753, 42.0189)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8FAB #AB462A

analogous

#2AAB87 #2A8FAB #2A4FAB

triadic

#2A8FAB #AB2A8F #8FAB2A

tetradic

#2A8FAB #872AAB #AB462A #4FAB2A

square

#2A8FAB #872AAB #AB462A #4FAB2A

split-complementary

#2A8FAB #AB2A4F #AB872A

monochromatic

#123D49 #1E667A #2A8FAB #42B2D1 #73C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2A8FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#2A8FAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8FAB

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8FAB	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 143, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.098 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0c4',
    500: '#2a8fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8fab;
$custom-light: #77b0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.023,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60568,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8FAB

secondary

#C4806D

accent

#6744E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8FAB

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

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