#2A9DC7#2A9DC7

#2A9DC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.115 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DC7
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 199)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, -16.91, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 34.85, 240.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0774 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.115 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3164, 28.7268, 58.3377)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DC7 #C7542A

analogous

#2AC7A3 #2A9DC7 #2A4FC7

triadic

#2A9DC7 #C72A9D #9DC72A

tetradic

#2A9DC7 #A32AC7 #C7542A #4FC72A

square

#2A9DC7 #A32AC7 #C7542A #4FC72A

split-complementary

#2A9DC7 #C72A4F #C7A32A

monochromatic

#154D62 #1F7594 #2A9DC7 #53B7DB #86CCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#2A9DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#2A9DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DC7

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DC7	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.115 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbad8',
    500: '#2a9dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dc7;
$custom-light: #7dbad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.051,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65262,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DC7

secondary

#CF947E

accent

#6D40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DC7

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

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