#2A8FAC#2A8FAC

#2A8FAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.099 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8FAC
RGB	rgb(42, 143, 172)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -18.55, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 29.90, 231.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0741 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.099 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2206, 23.1135, 42.5228)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8FAC #AC472A

analogous

#2AAC88 #2A8FAC #2A4EAC

triadic

#2A8FAC #AC2A8F #8FAC2A

tetradic

#2A8FAC #882AAC #AC472A #4EAC2A

square

#2A8FAC #882AAC #AC472A #4EAC2A

split-complementary

#2A8FAC #AC2A4E #AC882A

monochromatic

#123D4A #1E667B #2A8FAC #42B1D1 #73C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2A8FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#2A8FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8FAC

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8FAC	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#7E8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 143, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.099 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0c4',
    500: '#2a8fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8fac;
$custom-light: #77b0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60613,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8FAC

secondary

#C4816D

accent

#6844E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8FAC

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

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