#2A9CC6#2A9CC6

#2A9CC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.115 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CC6
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 198)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -16.72, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 34.73, 241.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0768 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.115 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0322, 28.3436, 57.6721)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CC6 #C6542A

analogous

#2AC6A2 #2A9CC6 #2A4EC6

triadic

#2A9CC6 #C62A9C #9CC62A

tetradic

#2A9CC6 #A22AC6 #C6542A #4EC62A

square

#2A9CC6 #A22AC6 #C6542A #4EC62A

split-complementary

#2A9CC6 #C62A4E #C6A22A

monochromatic

#154C61 #1F7494 #2A9CC6 #53B6DA #85CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#2A9CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#2A9CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CC6

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CC6	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8699C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.115 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d7',
    500: '#2a9cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cc6;
$custom-light: #7cb9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64975,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CC6

secondary

#CE937D

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CC6

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

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