#2A9AB6#2A9AB6

#2A9AB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.104 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9AB6
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 182)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 15.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -21.05, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 31.44, 227.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.081 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.104 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9504, 26.9783, 48.3501)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9AB6 #B6462A

analogous

#2AB68C #2A9AB6 #2A54B6

triadic

#2A9AB6 #B62A9A #9AB62A

tetradic

#2A9AB6 #8C2AB6 #B6462A #54B62A

square

#2A9AB6 #8C2AB6 #B6462A #54B62A

split-complementary

#2A9AB6 #B62A54 #B68C2A

monochromatic

#134653 #1F7084 #2A9AB6 #48B9D5 #7ACCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2A9AB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#2A9AB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9AB6

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9AB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9AB6	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8896B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.104 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8cc',
    500: '#2a9ab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ab6;
$custom-light: #7ab8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63766,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9AB6

secondary

#C88473

accent

#6342E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9AB6

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

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