#2A97B6#2A97B6

#2A97B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.104 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A97B6
RGBrgb(42, 151, 182)
HSLhsl(193, 63%, 44%)
HSVhsv(193, 77%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(76.9%, 17%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(58.04, -19.46, -24.76)
CIE-LCHlch(58.04, 31.49, 231.83°)
OKLaboklab(63.03% -0.078 -0.0693)
OKLCHoklch(63.03% 0.104 221.6)
XYZxyz(20.4614, 26.0004, 48.1871)
Luminance0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A97B6 #B6492A
analogous
#2AB68F #2A97B6 #2A51B6
triadic
#2A97B6 #B62A97 #97B62A
tetradic
#2A97B6 #8F2AB6 #B6492A #51B62A
square
#2A97B6 #8F2AB6 #B6492A #51B62A
split-complementary
#2A97B6 #B62A51 #B68F2A
monochromatic
#134453 #1F6E84 #2A97B6 #48B6D5 #7ACAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39
#2A97B6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20
#2A97B6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97B6
6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A97B6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2A97B61.003.396.206.20
#FFFFFF3.391.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2021.001.001.00
##0000006.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8593B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7286B6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A1A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a97b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.104 221.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5cc',
    500: '#2a97b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a97b6;
$custom-light: #7ab5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a97b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6303,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A97B6
secondary
#C88673
accent
#6642E6
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F8
border
#CAD0D1
text
#0B1113
muted
#7C8082

Preview Lab

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#2A97B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva