#2A9EB8#2A9EB8

#2A9EB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.105 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EB8
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 184)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -22.47, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 31.79, 225.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0841 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.105 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8298, 28.4040, 49.6701)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EB8 #B8442A

analogous

#2AB88B #2A9EB8 #2A57B8

triadic

#2A9EB8 #B82A9E #9EB82A

tetradic

#2A9EB8 #8B2AB8 #B8442A #57B82A

square

#2A9EB8 #8B2AB8 #B8442A #57B82A

split-complementary

#2A9EB8 #B82A57 #B88B2A

monochromatic

#134854 #1F7386 #2A9EB8 #4ABCD6 #7BCEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#2A9EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#2A9EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EB8

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EB8	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.105 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbcd',
    500: '#2a9eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9eb8;
$custom-light: #7abbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64835,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EB8

secondary

#C98475

accent

#6042E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EB8

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

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