#2A9CC4#2A9CC4

#2A9CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.113 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CC4
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -17.40, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 34.21, 239.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0775 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.113 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8030, 28.2519, 56.4652)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CC4 #C4522A

analogous

#2AC49F #2A9CC4 #2A4FC4

triadic

#2A9CC4 #C42A9C #9CC42A

tetradic

#2A9CC4 #9F2AC4 #C4522A #4FC42A

square

#2A9CC4 #9F2AC4 #C4522A #4FC42A

split-complementary

#2A9CC4 #C42A4F #C49F2A

monochromatic

#144C5F #1F7492 #2A9CC4 #51B6DA #84CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2A9CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#2A9CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CC4

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CC4	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.113 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d6',
    500: '#2a9cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cc4;
$custom-light: #7cb9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64882,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CC4

secondary

#CE917C

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CC4

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

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