#2A9ABD#2A9ABD

#2A9ABD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.109 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9ABD
RGB	rgb(42, 154, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -18.70, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 32.75, 235.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0783 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.109 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6919, 27.2749, 52.2556)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9ABD #BD4D2A

analogous

#2ABD97 #2A9ABD #2A50BD

triadic

#2A9ABD #BD2A9A #9ABD2A

tetradic

#2A9ABD #972ABD #BD4D2A #50BD2A

square

#2A9ABD #972ABD #BD4D2A #50BD2A

split-complementary

#2A9ABD #BD2A50 #BD972A

monochromatic

#144859 #1F718B #2A9ABD #4DB6D7 #7FCBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2A9ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#2A9ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9ABD

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9ABD	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 154, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.109 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8d1',
    500: '#2a9abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9abd;
$custom-light: #7bb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64077,
    "c": 0.10865,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9ABD

secondary

#CB8C78

accent

#6941E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9ABD

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

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