#2A97AE#2A97AE

#2A97AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97AE
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -22.12, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 30.29, 223.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0812 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.1 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6582, 25.6791, 43.9567)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97AE #AE412A

analogous

#2AAE83 #2A97AE #2A55AE

triadic

#2A97AE #AE2A97 #97AE2A

tetradic

#2A97AE #832AAE #AE412A #55AE2A

square

#2A97AE #832AAE #AE412A #55AE2A

split-complementary

#2A97AE #AE2A55 #AE832A

monochromatic

#12414B #1E6C7D #2A97AE #43B9D2 #75CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2A97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#2A97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97AE

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97AE	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7585AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b5c6',
    500: '#2a97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97ae;
$custom-light: #78b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62682,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97AE

secondary

#C57E6F

accent

#6044E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97AE

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

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