#2A8FB4#2A8FB4

#2A8FB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.105 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8FB4
RGB	rgb(42, 143, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, -15.83, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 31.75, 240.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% -0.071 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.105 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0121, 23.4302, 46.6916)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8FB4 #B44F2A

analogous

#2AB494 #2A8FB4 #2A4AB4

triadic

#2A8FB4 #B42A8F #8FB42A

tetradic

#2A8FB4 #942AB4 #B44F2A #4AB42A

square

#2A8FB4 #942AB4 #B44F2A #4AB42A

split-complementary

#2A8FB4 #B42A4A #B4942A

monochromatic

#134051 #1E6882 #2A8FB4 #47AED4 #79C4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#2A8FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#2A8FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8FB4

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8FB4	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)

#7B8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 143, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.105 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afca',
    500: '#2a8fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8fb4;
$custom-light: #79afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60979,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8FB4

secondary

#C88972

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8FB4

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

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