#2A99B9#2A99B9

#2A99B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.106 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A99B9
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -19.52, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 31.98, 232.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0788 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.106 222)
XYZ	xyz(21.0994, 26.7749, 49.9456)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A99B9 #B94A2A

analogous

#2AB992 #2A99B9 #2A51B9

triadic

#2A99B9 #B92A99 #99B92A

tetradic

#2A99B9 #922AB9 #B94A2A #51B92A

square

#2A99B9 #922AB9 #B94A2A #51B92A

split-complementary

#2A99B9 #B92A51 #B9922A

monochromatic

#134755 #1F7087 #2A99B9 #4AB7D6 #7CCBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#2A99B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#2A99B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A99B9

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A99B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A99B9	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8695BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7387B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a99b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.106 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab7ce',
    500: '#2a99b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a99b9;
$custom-light: #7ab7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a99b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.427,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63653,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.26777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A99B9

secondary

#CA8875

accent

#6742E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A99B9

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

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