#2A9CC2#2A9CC2

#2A9CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CC2
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, -18.08, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 33.71, 237.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0783 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.112 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5769, 28.1614, 55.2743)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CC2 #C2502A

analogous

#2AC29C #2A9CC2 #2A50C2

triadic

#2A9CC2 #C22A9C #9CC22A

tetradic

#2A9CC2 #9C2AC2 #C2502A #50C22A

square

#2A9CC2 #9C2AC2 #C2502A #50C22A

split-complementary

#2A9CC2 #C22A50 #C29C2A

monochromatic

#144B5D #1F7490 #2A9CC2 #50B7D9 #82CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2A9CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#2A9CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CC2

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CC2	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)

#8799C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d4',
    500: '#2a9cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cc2;
$custom-light: #7cb9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6479,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CC2

secondary

#CD8F7B

accent

#6A40E7

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CC2

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

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