#2A9EC6#2A9EC6

#2A9EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.114 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EC6
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -17.79, -29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 34.46, 238.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0787 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.114 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3705, 29.0203, 57.7849)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EC6 #C6522A

analogous

#2AC6A0 #2A9EC6 #2A50C6

triadic

#2A9EC6 #C62A9E #9EC62A

tetradic

#2A9EC6 #A02AC6 #C6522A #50C62A

square

#2A9EC6 #A02AC6 #C6522A #50C62A

split-complementary

#2A9EC6 #C62A50 #C6A02A

monochromatic

#154D61 #1F7694 #2A9EC6 #53B8DA #85CDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#2A9EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#2A9EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EC6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EC6	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.114 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad7',
    500: '#2a9ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ec6;
$custom-light: #7cbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65456,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EC6

secondary

#CE927D

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EC6

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

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