#2A9EC9#2A9EC9

#2A9EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9EC9
RGB	rgb(42, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, -16.77, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 35.25, 241.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0776 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.117 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7200, 29.1601, 59.6253)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9EC9 #C9552A

analogous

#2AC9A4 #2A9EC9 #2A4FC9

triadic

#2A9EC9 #C92A9E #9EC92A

tetradic

#2A9EC9 #A42AC9 #C9552A #4FC92A

square

#2A9EC9 #A42AC9 #C9552A #4FC92A

split-complementary

#2A9EC9 #C92A4F #C9A42A

monochromatic

#154E64 #1F7696 #2A9EC9 #55B7DB #87CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#2A9EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#2A9EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9EC9

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9EC9	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbad9',
    500: '#2a9ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9ec9;
$custom-light: #7dbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.226,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65595,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9EC9

secondary

#D0957F

accent

#6D3FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9EC9

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

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