#2A9CB7#2A9CB7

#2A9CB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.104 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CB7
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 183)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -21.76, -22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 31.61, 226.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0825 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.104 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3869, 27.6855, 49.0072)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CB7 #B7452A

analogous

#2AB78C #2A9CB7 #2A56B7

triadic

#2A9CB7 #B72A9C #9CB72A

tetradic

#2A9CB7 #8C2AB7 #B7452A #56B72A

square

#2A9CB7 #8C2AB7 #B7452A #56B72A

split-complementary

#2A9CB7 #B72A56 #B78C2A

monochromatic

#134753 #1F7285 #2A9CB7 #49BAD5 #7BCDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2A9CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#2A9CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CB7

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CB7	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.104 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9cc',
    500: '#2a9cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cb7;
$custom-light: #7ab9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64301,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CB7

secondary

#C98474

accent

#6142E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CB7

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

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