#2A9DB6#2A9DB6

#2A9DB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.104 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DB6
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 182)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -22.61, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 31.51, 224.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0839 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.104 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4517, 27.9810, 48.5172)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DB6 #B6432A

analogous

#2AB689 #2A9DB6 #2A57B6

triadic

#2A9DB6 #B62A9D #9DB62A

tetradic

#2A9DB6 #892AB6 #B6432A #57B62A

square

#2A9DB6 #892AB6 #B6432A #57B62A

split-complementary

#2A9DB6 #B62A57 #B6892A

monochromatic

#134753 #1F7284 #2A9DB6 #48BCD5 #7ACEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2A9DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#2A9DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DB6

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DB6	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.104 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abacc',
    500: '#2a9db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9db6;
$custom-light: #7abacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64504,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DB6

secondary

#C88373

accent

#5F42E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DB6

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

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