#2A9ABC#2A9ABC

#2A9ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9ABC
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -19.04, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 32.53, 234.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0786 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.108 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5838, 27.2317, 51.6859)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9ABC #BC4C2A

analogous

#2ABC95 #2A9ABC #2A51BC

triadic

#2A9ABC #BC2A9A #9ABC2A

tetradic

#2A9ABC #952ABC #BC4C2A #51BC2A

square

#2A9ABC #952ABC #BC4C2A #51BC2A

split-complementary

#2A9ABC #BC2A51 #BC952A

monochromatic

#144858 #1F718A #2A9ABC #4CB7D7 #7ECBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2A9ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2A9ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9ABC

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9ABC	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8d0',
    500: '#2a9abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9abc;
$custom-light: #7bb8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64032,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9ABC

secondary

#CB8B77

accent

#6841E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9ABC

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

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