#2A8FBC#2A8FBC

#2A8FBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.112 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8FBC
RGB	rgb(42, 143, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -13.06, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 34.14, 247.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0681 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.112 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8507, 23.7656, 51.1082)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8FBC #BC572A

analogous

#2ABCA0 #2A8FBC #2A46BC

triadic

#2A8FBC #BC2A8F #8FBC2A

tetradic

#2A8FBC #A02ABC #BC572A #46BC2A

square

#2A8FBC #A02ABC #BC572A #46BC2A

split-complementary

#2A8FBC #BC2A46 #BCA02A

monochromatic

#144358 #1F698A #2A8FBC #4CACD7 #7EC3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#2A8FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#2A8FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8FBC

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8FBC	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 143, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.112 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafd0',
    500: '#2a8fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8fbc;
$custom-light: #7aafd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.493,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61363,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8FBC

secondary

#CB9177

accent

#7441E7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8FBC

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

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