#2A9DBD#2A9DBD

#2A9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.108 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DBD
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -20.29, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 32.57, 231.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0812 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.108 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1933, 28.2776, 52.4227)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DBD #BD4A2A

analogous

#2ABD93 #2A9DBD #2A54BD

triadic

#2A9DBD #BD2A9D #9DBD2A

tetradic

#2A9DBD #932ABD #BD4A2A #54BD2A

square

#2A9DBD #932ABD #BD4A2A #54BD2A

split-complementary

#2A9DBD #BD2A54 #BD932A

monochromatic

#144A59 #1F738B #2A9DBD #4DB9D7 #7FCDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2A9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#2A9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DBD

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DBD	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.108 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbad1',
    500: '#2a9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dbd;
$custom-light: #7bbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.061,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64808,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DBD

secondary

#CB8A78

accent

#6541E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DBD

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

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