#2A9FBC#2A9FBC

#2A9FBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.107 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FBC
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -21.67, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 32.37, 227.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0835 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.107 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4262, 28.9166, 51.9667)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FBC #BC472A

analogous

#2ABC90 #2A9FBC #2A56BC

triadic

#2A9FBC #BC2A9F #9FBC2A

tetradic

#2A9FBC #902ABC #BC472A #56BC2A

square

#2A9FBC #902ABC #BC472A #56BC2A

split-complementary

#2A9FBC #BC2A56 #BC902A

monochromatic

#144A58 #1F758A #2A9FBC #4CBBD7 #7ECEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#2A9FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#2A9FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FBC

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FBC	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)

#8D9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.107 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbd0',
    500: '#2a9fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fbc;
$custom-light: #7bbbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.918,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FBC

secondary

#CB8877

accent

#6241E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FBC

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

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