#2A9CC3#2A9CC3

#2A9CC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.113 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CC3
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 195)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 20%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -17.74, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 33.95, 238.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0779 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.113 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6896, 28.2065, 55.8677)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CC3 #C3512A

analogous

#2AC39E #2A9CC3 #2A50C3

triadic

#2A9CC3 #C32A9C #9CC32A

tetradic

#2A9CC3 #9E2AC3 #C3512A #50C32A

square

#2A9CC3 #9E2AC3 #C3512A #50C32A

split-complementary

#2A9CC3 #C32A50 #C39E2A

monochromatic

#144B5E #1F7491 #2A9CC3 #51B7D9 #83CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2A9CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#2A9CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CC3

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CC3	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.113 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d5',
    500: '#2a9cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cc3;
$custom-light: #7cb9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64835,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CC3

secondary

#CD907B

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CC3

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

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