#2A97BD#2A97BD

#2A97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.110 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A97BD
RGB	rgb(42, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -17.09, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 33.05, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0754 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.11 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2030, 26.2970, 52.0926)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A97BD #BD502A

analogous

#2ABD99 #2A97BD #2A4EBD

triadic

#2A97BD #BD2A97 #97BD2A

tetradic

#2A97BD #992ABD #BD502A #4EBD2A

square

#2A97BD #992ABD #BD502A #4EBD2A

split-complementary

#2A97BD #BD2A4E #BD992A

monochromatic

#144759 #1F6F8B #2A97BD #4DB4D7 #7FC9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2A97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#2A97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A97BD

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A97BD	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.110 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5d1',
    500: '#2a97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a97bd;
$custom-light: #7bb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.51,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63347,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A97BD

secondary

#CB8D78

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A97BD

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

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