#2A9DC9#2A9DC9

#2A9DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.117 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9DC9
RGB	rgb(42, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -16.23, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 35.40, 242.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0767 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.117 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5501, 28.8203, 59.5687)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9DC9 #C9562A

analogous

#2AC9A6 #2A9DC9 #2A4DC9

triadic

#2A9DC9 #C92A9D #9DC92A

tetradic

#2A9DC9 #A62AC9 #C9562A #4DC92A

square

#2A9DC9 #A62AC9 #C9562A #4DC92A

split-complementary

#2A9DC9 #C92A4D #C9A62A

monochromatic

#154E64 #1F7596 #2A9DC9 #55B6DB #87CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#2A9DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#2A9DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9DC9

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9DC9	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.117 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbad9',
    500: '#2a9dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9dc9;
$custom-light: #7dbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.604,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65356,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9DC9

secondary

#D0957F

accent

#6E3FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9DC9

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

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