#2A9BBD#2A9BBD

#2A9BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.108 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BBD
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -19.23, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 32.68, 233.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0792 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.108 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8577, 27.6064, 52.3108)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BBD #BD4C2A

analogous

#2ABD96 #2A9BBD #2A51BD

triadic

#2A9BBD #BD2A9B #9BBD2A

tetradic

#2A9BBD #962ABD #BD4C2A #51BD2A

square

#2A9BBD #962ABD #BD4C2A #51BD2A

split-complementary

#2A9BBD #BD2A51 #BD962A

monochromatic

#144959 #1F728B #2A9BBD #4DB7D7 #7FCBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2A9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#2A9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BBD

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BBD	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.108 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8d1',
    500: '#2a9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9bbd;
$custom-light: #7bb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.878,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6432,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BBD

secondary

#CB8B78

accent

#6741E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BBD

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

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