#2A99BD#2A99BD

#2A99BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.109 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A99BD
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -18.17, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 32.84, 236.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0773 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.109 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5276, 26.9462, 52.2008)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A99BD #BD4E2A

analogous

#2ABD97 #2A99BD #2A4FBD

triadic

#2A99BD #BD2A99 #99BD2A

tetradic

#2A99BD #972ABD #BD4E2A #4FBD2A

square

#2A99BD #972ABD #BD4E2A #4FBD2A

split-complementary

#2A99BD #BD2A4F #BD972A

monochromatic

#144859 #1F708B #2A99BD #4DB5D7 #7FCAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2A99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2A99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A99BD

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A99BD	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.109 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7d1',
    500: '#2a99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a99bd;
$custom-light: #7bb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63833,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A99BD

secondary

#CB8C78

accent

#6A41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A99BD

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

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