#2A97BC#2A97BC

#2A97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.109 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97BC
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -17.43, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 32.80, 237.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0758 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.109 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0948, 26.2537, 51.5229)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97BC #BC4F2A

analogous

#2ABC98 #2A97BC #2A4EBC

triadic

#2A97BC #BC2A97 #97BC2A

tetradic

#2A97BC #982ABC #BC4F2A #4EBC2A

square

#2A97BC #982ABC #BC4F2A #4EBC2A

split-complementary

#2A97BC #BC2A4E #BC982A

monochromatic

#144758 #1F6F8A #2A97BC #4CB4D7 #7EC9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#2A97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#2A97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97BC

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97BC	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.109 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5d0',
    500: '#2a97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97bc;
$custom-light: #7ab5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63301,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97BC

secondary

#CB8C77

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97BC

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

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