#2A99C3#2A99C3

#2A99C3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.114 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A99C3
RGB	rgb(42, 153, 195)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -16.12, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 34.37, 242.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0751 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.114 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1924, 27.2121, 55.7020)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A99C3 #C3542A

analogous

#2AC3A1 #2A99C3 #2A4CC3

triadic

#2A99C3 #C32A99 #99C32A

tetradic

#2A99C3 #A12AC3 #C3542A #4CC32A

square

#2A99C3 #A12AC3 #C3542A #4CC32A

split-complementary

#2A99C3 #C32A4C #C3A12A

monochromatic

#144A5E #1F7191 #2A99C3 #51B4D9 #83CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2A99C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#2A99C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A99C3

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A99C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A99C3	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8397C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F88C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a99c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 153, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.114 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7d5',
    500: '#2a99c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a99c3;
$custom-light: #7cb7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a99c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64111,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A99C3

secondary

#CD927B

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A99C3

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

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