#2A9CC1#2A9CC1

#2A9CC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.111 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CC1
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 193)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -18.42, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 33.47, 236.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0787 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.111 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4650, 28.1167, 54.6848)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CC1 #C14F2A

analogous

#2AC19A #2A9CC1 #2A50C1

triadic

#2A9CC1 #C12A9C #9CC12A

tetradic

#2A9CC1 #9A2AC1 #C14F2A #50C12A

square

#2A9CC1 #9A2AC1 #C14F2A #50C12A

split-complementary

#2A9CC1 #C12A50 #C19A2A

monochromatic

#144B5C #1F738F #2A9CC1 #4FB7D9 #82CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2A9CC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#2A9CC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CC1

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CC1	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.111 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d3',
    500: '#2a9cc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cc1;
$custom-light: #7cb9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64744,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CC1

secondary

#CD8E7A

accent

#6941E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CC1

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

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