#2A9DBC#2A9DBC

#2A9DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.107 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DBC
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -20.63, -24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 32.39, 230.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0815 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.107 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0851, 28.2343, 51.8530)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DBC #BC492A

analogous

#2ABC92 #2A9DBC #2A54BC

triadic

#2A9DBC #BC2A9D #9DBC2A

tetradic

#2A9DBC #922ABC #BC492A #54BC2A

square

#2A9DBC #922ABC #BC492A #54BC2A

split-complementary

#2A9DBC #BC2A54 #BC922A

monochromatic

#144958 #1F738A #2A9DBC #4CBAD7 #7ECDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2A9DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#2A9DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DBC

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DBC	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.107 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbad0',
    500: '#2a9dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dbc;
$custom-light: #7bbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.74,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64764,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DBC

secondary

#CB8977

accent

#6441E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DBC

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

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