#2A9DC6#2A9DC6

#2A9DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.115 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DC6
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -17.25, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 34.59, 240.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0778 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.115 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2007, 28.6805, 57.7283)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DC6 #C6532A

analogous

#2AC6A1 #2A9DC6 #2A4FC6

triadic

#2A9DC6 #C62A9D #9DC62A

tetradic

#2A9DC6 #A12AC6 #C6532A #4FC62A

square

#2A9DC6 #A12AC6 #C6532A #4FC62A

split-complementary

#2A9DC6 #C62A4F #C6A12A

monochromatic

#154D61 #1F7594 #2A9DC6 #53B7DA #85CCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#2A9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#2A9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DC6

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DC6	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.115 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad7',
    500: '#2a9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dc6;
$custom-light: #7cbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.769,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65215,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DC6

secondary

#CE937D

accent

#6C40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DC6

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

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