#2A96BD#2A96BD

#2A96BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.110 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A96BD
RGB	rgb(42, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -16.55, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 33.18, 240.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0744 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.11 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0427, 25.9765, 52.0392)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A96BD #BD512A

analogous

#2ABD9A #2A96BD #2A4DBD

triadic

#2A96BD #BD2A96 #96BD2A

tetradic

#2A96BD #9A2ABD #BD512A #4DBD2A

square

#2A96BD #9A2ABD #BD512A #4DBD2A

split-complementary

#2A96BD #BD2A4D #BD9A2A

monochromatic

#144759 #1F6E8B #2A96BD #4DB3D7 #7FC8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2A96BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#2A96BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A96BD

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A96BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A96BD	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a96bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.110 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5d1',
    500: '#2a96bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a96bd;
$custom-light: #7ab5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a96bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63105,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A96BD

secondary

#CB8E78

accent

#6D41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A96BD

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

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