#2A97B4#2A97B4

#2A97B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97B4
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -20.13, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 31.13, 229.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0788 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.103 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2562, 25.9183, 47.1063)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97B4 #B4472A

analogous

#2AB48C #2A97B4 #2A52B4

triadic

#2A97B4 #B42A97 #97B42A

tetradic

#2A97B4 #8C2AB4 #B4472A #52B42A

square

#2A97B4 #8C2AB4 #B4472A #52B42A

split-complementary

#2A97B4 #B42A52 #B48C2A

monochromatic

#134451 #1E6D82 #2A97B4 #47B6D4 #79CAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2A97B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#2A97B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97B4

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97B4	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7385B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5ca',
    500: '#2a97b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97b4;
$custom-light: #79b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.609,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62941,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97B4

secondary

#C88472

accent

#6543E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97B4

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

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