#2A97B0#2A97B0

#2A97B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.101 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A97B0
RGBrgb(42, 151, 176)
HSLhsl(191, 61%, 43%)
HSVhsv(191, 76%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LABlab(57.81, -21.46, -21.71)
CIE-LCHlch(57.81, 30.53, 225.34°)
OKLaboklab(62.77% -0.0804 -0.0606)
OKLCHoklch(62.77% 0.101 217)
XYZxyz(19.8546, 25.7577, 44.9912)
Luminance0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A97B0 #B0432A
analogous
#2AB086 #2A97B0 #2A54B0
triadic
#2A97B0 #B02A97 #97B02A
tetradic
#2A97B0 #862AB0 #B0432A #54B02A
square
#2A97B0 #862AB0 #B0432A #54B02A
split-complementary
#2A97B0 #B02A54 #B0862A
monochromatic
#12424D #1E6D7F #2A97B0 #45B8D3 #76CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41
#2A97B0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15
#2A97B0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97B0
6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A97B0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2A97B01.003.416.156.15
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1521.001.001.00
##0000006.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8692B1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7485B0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A09F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a97b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.101 217.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5c7',
    500: '#2a97b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a97b0;
$custom-light: #79b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a97b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 61.468,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62767,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.2576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A97B0
secondary
#C68070
accent
#6143E5
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F8
border
#CAD0D1
text
#0A1113
muted
#7C8082

Preview Lab

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#2A97B0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva