#2A9DB7#2A9DB7

#2A9DB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.104 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DB7
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -22.28, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 31.63, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0835 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.104 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5554, 28.0225, 49.0634)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DB7 #B7442A

analogous

#2AB78B #2A9DB7 #2A57B7

triadic

#2A9DB7 #B72A9D #9DB72A

tetradic

#2A9DB7 #8B2AB7 #B7442A #57B72A

square

#2A9DB7 #8B2AB7 #B7442A #57B72A

split-complementary

#2A9DB7 #B72A57 #B78B2A

monochromatic

#134853 #1F7285 #2A9DB7 #49BBD5 #7BCEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2A9DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#2A9DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DB7

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DB7	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.104 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abacc',
    500: '#2a9db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9db7;
$custom-light: #7abacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.064,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64547,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DB7

secondary

#C98474

accent

#6042E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DB7

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

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