#2A9FC9#2A9FC9

#2A9FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.116 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9FC9
RGB	rgb(42, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, -17.31, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 35.10, 240.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0785 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.116 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8912, 29.5026, 59.6824)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9FC9 #C9542A

analogous

#2AC9A3 #2A9FC9 #2A50C9

triadic

#2A9FC9 #C92A9F #9FC92A

tetradic

#2A9FC9 #A32AC9 #C9542A #50C92A

square

#2A9FC9 #A32AC9 #C9542A #50C92A

split-complementary

#2A9FC9 #C92A50 #C9A32A

monochromatic

#154F64 #1F7796 #2A9FC9 #55B8DB #87CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#2A9FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#2A9FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9FC9

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9FC9	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.116 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbbd9',
    500: '#2a9fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9fc9;
$custom-light: #7dbbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65836,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9FC9

secondary

#D0947F

accent

#6C3FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9FC9

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

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