#2A97B5#2A97B5

#2A97B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97B5
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 181)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -19.80, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 31.31, 230.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0785 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.104 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3584, 25.9592, 47.6448)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97B5 #B5482A

analogous

#2AB58D #2A97B5 #2A51B5

triadic

#2A97B5 #B52A97 #97B52A

tetradic

#2A97B5 #8D2AB5 #B5482A #51B52A

square

#2A97B5 #8D2AB5 #B5482A #51B52A

split-complementary

#2A97B5 #B52A51 #B58D2A

monochromatic

#134452 #1E6E83 #2A97B5 #48B6D4 #79CAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2A97B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#2A97B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97B5

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97B5	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7286B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5cb',
    500: '#2a97b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97b5;
$custom-light: #79b5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.95,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62985,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97B5

secondary

#C88573

accent

#6642E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97B5

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

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