#2A9BC3#2A9BC3

#2A9BC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.113 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BC3
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -17.20, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 34.08, 239.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.077 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.113 227)
XYZ	xyz(22.5225, 27.8723, 55.8120)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BC3 #C3522A

analogous

#2AC39F #2A9BC3 #2A4FC3

triadic

#2A9BC3 #C32A9B #9BC32A

tetradic

#2A9BC3 #9F2AC3 #C3522A #4FC32A

square

#2A9BC3 #9F2AC3 #C3522A #4FC32A

split-complementary

#2A9BC3 #C32A4F #C39F2A

monochromatic

#144B5E #1F7391 #2A9BC3 #51B6D9 #83CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2A9BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#2A9BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BC3

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BC3	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8698C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.113 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb8d5',
    500: '#2a9bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9bc3;
$custom-light: #7cb8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64594,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.27875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BC3

secondary

#CD917B

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BC3

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

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