#2A96AE#2A96AE

#2A96AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.100 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A96AE
RGB	rgb(42, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -21.59, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 30.24, 224.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0802 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.1 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4979, 25.3586, 43.9033)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2A96AE #AE422A

analogous

#2AAE84 #2A96AE #2A54AE

triadic

#2A96AE #AE2A96 #96AE2A

tetradic

#2A96AE #842AAE #AE422A #54AE2A

square

#2A96AE #842AAE #AE422A #54AE2A

split-complementary

#2A96AE #AE2A54 #AE842A

monochromatic

#12414B #1E6C7D #2A96AE #43B8D2 #75CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2A96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#2A96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A96AE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A96AE	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7484AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.100 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5c6',
    500: '#2a96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a96ae;
$custom-light: #78b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62434,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A96AE

secondary

#C57E6F

accent

#6144E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A96AE

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

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