#2AA9C7#2AA9C7

#2AA9C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.113 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9C7
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 199)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -23.22, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 34.05, 227.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0887 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.113 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4472, 32.9885, 59.0480)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9C7 #C7482A

analogous

#2AC797 #2AA9C7 #2A5BC7

triadic

#2AA9C7 #C72AA9 #A9C72A

tetradic

#2AA9C7 #972AC7 #C7482A #5BC72A

square

#2AA9C7 #972AC7 #C7482A #5BC72A

split-complementary

#2AA9C7 #C72A5B #C7972A

monochromatic

#155362 #1F7E94 #2AA9C7 #53C1DB #86D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#2AA9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#2AA9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9C7

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9C7	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.113 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec2d8',
    500: '#2aa9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9c7;
$custom-light: #7ec2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.465,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9C7

secondary

#CF8D7E

accent

#6040E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9C7

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

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