#2A99BC#2A99BC

#2A99BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.108 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A99BC
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -18.51, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 32.61, 235.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0777 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.108 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4194, 26.9029, 51.6311)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A99BC #BC4D2A

analogous

#2ABC96 #2A99BC #2A50BC

triadic

#2A99BC #BC2A99 #99BC2A

tetradic

#2A99BC #962ABC #BC4D2A #50BC2A

square

#2A99BC #962ABC #BC4D2A #50BC2A

split-complementary

#2A99BC #BC2A50 #BC962A

monochromatic

#144858 #1F708A #2A99BC #4CB6D7 #7ECAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2A99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A99BC

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A99BC	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.108 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7d0',
    500: '#2a99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a99bc;
$custom-light: #7bb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.10817,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A99BC

secondary

#CB8B77

accent

#6941E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A99BC

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

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