#2A97AF#2A97AF

#2A97AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97AF
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -21.79, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 30.40, 224.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0808 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.1 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7560, 25.7182, 44.4720)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97AF #AF422A

analogous

#2AAF84 #2A97AF #2A55AF

triadic

#2A97AF #AF2A97 #97AF2A

tetradic

#2A97AF #842AAF #AF422A #55AF2A

square

#2A97AF #842AAF #AF422A #55AF2A

split-complementary

#2A97AF #AF2A55 #AF842A

monochromatic

#12424C #1E6C7E #2A97AF #44B8D2 #75CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2A97AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#2A97AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97AF

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97AF	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)

#8792B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7585AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5c7',
    500: '#2a97af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97af;
$custom-light: #79b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.827,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62725,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97AF

secondary

#C67F6F

accent

#6043E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97AF

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

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