#2A9EC3#2A9EC3

#2A9EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.112 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EC3
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 195)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 19%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -18.81, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 33.74, 236.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0798 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.112 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0279, 28.8833, 55.9805)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EC3 #C34F2A

analogous

#2AC39C #2A9EC3 #2A52C3

triadic

#2A9EC3 #C32A9E #9EC32A

tetradic

#2A9EC3 #9C2AC3 #C34F2A #52C32A

square

#2A9EC3 #9C2AC3 #C34F2A #52C32A

split-complementary

#2A9EC3 #C32A52 #C39C2A

monochromatic

#144C5E #1F7591 #2A9EC3 #51B8D9 #83CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#2A9EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#2A9EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EC3

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EC3	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.112 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad5',
    500: '#2a9ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ec3;
$custom-light: #7cbad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.51,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65319,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EC3

secondary

#CD8F7B

accent

#6940E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EC3

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

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