#2A9FBD#2A9FBD

#2A9FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.108 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FBD
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -21.34, -24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 32.53, 228.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0831 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.108 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5344, 28.9599, 52.5364)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FBD #BD482A

analogous

#2ABD91 #2A9FBD #2A55BD

triadic

#2A9FBD #BD2A9F #9FBD2A

tetradic

#2A9FBD #912ABD #BD482A #55BD2A

square

#2A9FBD #912ABD #BD482A #55BD2A

split-complementary

#2A9FBD #BD2A55 #BD912A

monochromatic

#144B59 #1F758B #2A9FBD #4DBBD7 #7FCEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#2A9FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#2A9FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FBD

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FBD	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)

#8C9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.108 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbd1',
    500: '#2a9fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fbd;
$custom-light: #7bbbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65296,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FBD

secondary

#CB8978

accent

#6341E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FBD

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

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