#2A9BC9#2A9BC9

#2A9BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.118 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9BC9
RGB	rgb(42, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -15.14, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 35.76, 244.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0748 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.118 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2145, 28.1491, 59.4568)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9BC9 #C9582A

analogous

#2AC9A7 #2A9BC9 #2A4CC9

triadic

#2A9BC9 #C92A9B #9BC92A

tetradic

#2A9BC9 #A72AC9 #C9582A #4CC92A

square

#2A9BC9 #A72AC9 #C9582A #4CC92A

split-complementary

#2A9BC9 #C92A4C #C9A72A

monochromatic

#154D64 #1F7496 #2A9BC9 #55B4DB #87CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2A9BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#2A9BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9BC9

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9BC9	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.118 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db8d9',
    500: '#2a9bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9bc9;
$custom-light: #7db8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.358,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64876,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9BC9

secondary

#D0967F

accent

#703FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9BC9

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

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