#2A9DB5#2A9DB5

#2A9DB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.103 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DB5
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 181)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -22.94, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 31.40, 223.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0843 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.103 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3487, 27.9398, 47.9749)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DB5 #B5422A

analogous

#2AB587 #2A9DB5 #2A57B5

triadic

#2A9DB5 #B52A9D #9DB52A

tetradic

#2A9DB5 #872AB5 #B5422A #57B52A

square

#2A9DB5 #872AB5 #B5422A #57B52A

split-complementary

#2A9DB5 #B52A57 #B5872A

monochromatic

#134752 #1E7283 #2A9DB5 #48BCD4 #79CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2A9DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2A9DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DB5

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DB5	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.103 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abacb',
    500: '#2a9db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9db5;
$custom-light: #7abacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.36,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64462,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DB5

secondary

#C88273

accent

#5F42E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DB5

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

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