#2AA2C9#2AA2C9

#2AA2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.115 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA2C9
RGB	rgb(42, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -18.90, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 34.74, 237.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0814 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.115 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4134, 30.5469, 59.8565)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA2C9 #C9512A

analogous

#2AC9A0 #2AA2C9 #2A52C9

triadic

#2AA2C9 #C92AA2 #A2C92A

tetradic

#2AA2C9 #A02AC9 #C9512A #52C92A

square

#2AA2C9 #A02AC9 #C9512A #52C92A

split-complementary

#2AA2C9 #C92A52 #C9A02A

monochromatic

#155064 #1F7996 #2AA2C9 #55BADB #87CFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#2AA2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#2AA2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA2C9

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA2C9	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.115 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbdd9',
    500: '#2aa2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa2c9;
$custom-light: #7dbdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66557,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA2C9

secondary

#D0937F

accent

#693FE8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA2C9

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

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