#2A9BC7#2A9BC7

#2A9BC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.116 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BC7
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 199)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 22.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -15.83, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 35.17, 243.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0755 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.116 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9808, 28.0556, 58.2258)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BC7 #C7562A

analogous

#2AC7A4 #2A9BC7 #2A4DC7

triadic

#2A9BC7 #C72A9B #9BC72A

tetradic

#2A9BC7 #A42AC7 #C7562A #4DC72A

square

#2A9BC7 #A42AC7 #C7562A #4DC72A

split-complementary

#2A9BC7 #C72A4D #C7A42A

monochromatic

#154C62 #1F7494 #2A9BC7 #53B5DB #86CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2A9BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#2A9BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BC7

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BC7	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.116 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb8d8',
    500: '#2a9bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9bc7;
$custom-light: #7cb8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.815,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64781,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BC7

secondary

#CF957E

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BC7

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

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