#2A9DC3#2A9DC3

#2A9DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.112 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DC3
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -18.27, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 33.84, 237.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0789 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.112 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8581, 28.5435, 55.9239)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DC3 #C3502A

analogous

#2AC39D #2A9DC3 #2A51C3

triadic

#2A9DC3 #C32A9D #9DC32A

tetradic

#2A9DC3 #9D2AC3 #C3502A #51C32A

square

#2A9DC3 #9D2AC3 #C3502A #51C32A

split-complementary

#2A9DC3 #C32A51 #C39D2A

monochromatic

#144C5E #1F7491 #2A9DC3 #51B8D9 #83CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#2A9DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#2A9DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DC3

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DC3	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.112 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad5',
    500: '#2a9dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dc3;
$custom-light: #7cbad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.902,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65077,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DC3

secondary

#CD907B

accent

#6A40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DC3

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

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