#2A90BD#2A90BD

#2A90BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.112 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A90BD
RGB	rgb(42, 144, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -13.26, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 34.25, 247.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0687 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.112 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1097, 24.1104, 51.7282)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2A90BD #BD572A

analogous

#2ABDA0 #2A90BD #2A47BD

triadic

#2A90BD #BD2A90 #90BD2A

tetradic

#2A90BD #A02ABD #BD572A #47BD2A

square

#2A90BD #A02ABD #BD572A #47BD2A

split-complementary

#2A90BD #BD2A47 #BDA02A

monochromatic

#144459 #1F6A8B #2A90BD #4DADD7 #7FC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#2A90BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#2A90BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A90BD

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A90BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A90BD	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a90bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 144, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.112 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab0d1',
    500: '#2a90bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a90bd;
$custom-light: #7ab0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a90bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61653,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A90BD

secondary

#CB9178

accent

#7441E7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A90BD

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

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