#2A8FB6#2A8FB6

#2A8FB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.107 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8FB6
RGB	rgb(42, 143, 182)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -15.14, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 32.30, 242.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0703 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.107 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2174, 23.5122, 47.7724)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8FB6 #B6512A

analogous

#2AB697 #2A8FB6 #2A49B6

triadic

#2A8FB6 #B62A8F #8FB62A

tetradic

#2A8FB6 #972AB6 #B6512A #49B62A

square

#2A8FB6 #972AB6 #B6512A #49B62A

split-complementary

#2A8FB6 #B62A49 #B6972A

monochromatic

#134153 #1F6884 #2A8FB6 #48AED5 #7AC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#2A8FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#2A8FB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8FB6

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8FB6	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 143, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.107 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afcc',
    500: '#2a8fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8fb6;
$custom-light: #79afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61073,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8FB6

secondary

#C88B73

accent

#7042E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8FB6

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

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