#2A9CC0#2A9CC0

#2A9CC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.110 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CC0
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -18.76, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 33.25, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.079 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.11 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3538, 28.0722, 54.0993)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CC0 #C04E2A

analogous

#2AC099 #2A9CC0 #2A51C0

triadic

#2A9CC0 #C02A9C #9CC02A

tetradic

#2A9CC0 #992AC0 #C04E2A #51C02A

square

#2A9CC0 #992AC0 #C04E2A #51C02A

split-complementary

#2A9CC0 #C02A51 #C0992A

monochromatic

#144A5C #1F738E #2A9CC0 #4FB7D8 #81CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2A9CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#2A9CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CC0

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CC0	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	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)

#8899C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.110 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9d3',
    500: '#2a9cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cc0;
$custom-light: #7bb9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64698,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CC0

secondary

#CC8D7A

accent

#6941E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CC0

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

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