#2A9EC4#2A9EC4

#2A9EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.113 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EC4
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -18.47, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 33.97, 237.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0795 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.113 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1414, 28.9286, 56.5780)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EC4 #C4502A

analogous

#2AC49D #2A9EC4 #2A51C4

triadic

#2A9EC4 #C42A9E #9EC42A

tetradic

#2A9EC4 #9D2AC4 #C4502A #51C42A

square

#2A9EC4 #9D2AC4 #C4502A #51C42A

split-complementary

#2A9EC4 #C42A51 #C49D2A

monochromatic

#144D5F #1F7592 #2A9EC4 #51B8DA #84CDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#2A9EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#2A9EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EC4

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EC4	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.113 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad6',
    500: '#2a9ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ec4;
$custom-light: #7cbad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.805,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65365,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EC4

secondary

#CE907C

accent

#6940E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EC4

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

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