#2A9BB9#2A9BB9

#2A9BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.106 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BB9
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -20.57, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 31.92, 229.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0808 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.106 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4295, 27.4351, 50.0556)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BB9 #B9482A

analogous

#2AB98F #2A9BB9 #2A54B9

triadic

#2A9BB9 #B92A9B #9BB92A

tetradic

#2A9BB9 #8F2AB9 #B9482A #54B92A

square

#2A9BB9 #8F2AB9 #B9482A #54B92A

split-complementary

#2A9BB9 #B92A54 #B98F2A

monochromatic

#134755 #1F7187 #2A9BB9 #4AB9D6 #7CCCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2A9BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#2A9BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BB9

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BB9	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.106 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8ce',
    500: '#2a9bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9bb9;
$custom-light: #7ab8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.587,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64143,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BB9

secondary

#CA8775

accent

#6442E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BB9

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

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