#2A97B9#2A97B9

#2A97B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97B9
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -18.45, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 32.11, 234.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0769 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.106 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7748, 26.1257, 49.8374)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97B9 #B94C2A

analogous

#2AB994 #2A97B9 #2A4FB9

triadic

#2A97B9 #B92A97 #97B92A

tetradic

#2A97B9 #942AB9 #B94C2A #4FB92A

square

#2A97B9 #942AB9 #B94C2A #4FB92A

split-complementary

#2A97B9 #B92A4F #B9942A

monochromatic

#134655 #1F6E87 #2A97B9 #4AB5D6 #7CC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2A97B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#2A97B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97B9

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97B9	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5ce',
    500: '#2a97b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97b9;
$custom-light: #7ab5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.266,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63164,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97B9

secondary

#CA8975

accent

#6942E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97B9

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

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