#2A9CC7#2A9CC7

#2A9CC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.116 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9CC7
RGB	rgb(42, 156, 199)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -16.37, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 35.01, 242.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0764 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.116 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1479, 28.3898, 58.2815)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9CC7 #C7552A

analogous

#2AC7A3 #2A9CC7 #2A4EC7

triadic

#2A9CC7 #C72A9C #9CC72A

tetradic

#2A9CC7 #A32AC7 #C7552A #4EC72A

square

#2A9CC7 #A32AC7 #C7552A #4EC72A

split-complementary

#2A9CC7 #C72A4E #C7A32A

monochromatic

#154D62 #1F7494 #2A9CC7 #53B6DB #86CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#2A9CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#2A9CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9CC7

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9CC7	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 156, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.116 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d8',
    500: '#2a9cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9cc7;
$custom-light: #7cb9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65021,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9CC7

secondary

#CF947E

accent

#6E40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9CC7

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

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