#2A9DB9#2A9DB9

#2A9DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.106 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DB9
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 185)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -21.62, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 31.91, 227.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0827 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.106 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7651, 28.1063, 50.1675)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DB9 #B9462A

analogous

#2AB98E #2A9DB9 #2A56B9

triadic

#2A9DB9 #B92A9D #9DB92A

tetradic

#2A9DB9 #8E2AB9 #B9462A #56B92A

square

#2A9DB9 #8E2AB9 #B9462A #56B92A

split-complementary

#2A9DB9 #B92A56 #B98E2A

monochromatic

#134855 #1F7387 #2A9DB9 #4ABBD6 #7CCDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2A9DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#2A9DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DB9

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DB9	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.106 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abace',
    500: '#2a9db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9db9;
$custom-light: #7abace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.748,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64633,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DB9

secondary

#CA8675

accent

#6242E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DB9

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

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