#2A9BB4#2A9BB4

#2A9BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.103 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BB4
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -22.23, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 31.18, 224.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0828 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.103 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9109, 27.2277, 47.3245)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BB4 #B4432A

analogous

#2AB488 #2A9BB4 #2A56B4

triadic

#2A9BB4 #B42A9B #9BB42A

tetradic

#2A9BB4 #882AB4 #B4432A #56B42A

square

#2A9BB4 #882AB4 #B4432A #56B42A

split-complementary

#2A9BB4 #B42A56 #B4882A

monochromatic

#134651 #1E7082 #2A9BB4 #47BBD4 #79CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2A9BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2A9BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BB4

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BB4	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)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.103 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8ca',
    500: '#2a9bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9bb4;
$custom-light: #7ab8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.87,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63926,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BB4

secondary

#C88272

accent

#6043E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BB4

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

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