#2AA1C9#2AA1C9

#2AA1C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.116 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA1C9
RGB	rgb(42, 161, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -18.37, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 34.84, 238.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0804 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.116 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2380, 30.1960, 59.7980)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA1C9 #C9522A

analogous

#2AC9A1 #2AA1C9 #2A52C9

triadic

#2AA1C9 #C92AA1 #A1C92A

tetradic

#2AA1C9 #A12AC9 #C9522A #52C92A

square

#2AA1C9 #A12AC9 #C9522A #52C92A

split-complementary

#2AA1C9 #C92A52 #C9A12A

monochromatic

#155064 #1F7896 #2AA1C9 #55BADB #87CEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#2AA1C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#2AA1C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA1C9

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA1C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA1C9	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa1c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 161, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.116 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbdd9',
    500: '#2aa1c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa1c9;
$custom-light: #7dbdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa1c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.094,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66316,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA1C9

secondary

#D0937F

accent

#6A3FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA1C9

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

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