#2A9CB5#2A9CB5

#2A9CB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CB5
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -22.42, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 31.35, 224.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0834 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.103 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1802, 27.6028, 47.9187)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CB5 #B5432A

analogous

#2AB588 #2A9CB5 #2A56B5

triadic

#2A9CB5 #B52A9C #9CB52A

tetradic

#2A9CB5 #882AB5 #B5432A #56B52A

square

#2A9CB5 #882AB5 #B5432A #56B52A

split-complementary

#2A9CB5 #B52A56 #B5882A

monochromatic

#134652 #1E7183 #2A9CB5 #48BBD4 #79CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2A9CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#2A9CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CB5

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CB5	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)

#8B97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9cb',
    500: '#2a9cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cb5;
$custom-light: #7ab9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.791,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64216,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CB5

secondary

#C88273

accent

#6042E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CB5

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

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