#2a9dab

Color #2a9dab

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.15 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#2a9dab

RGB

rgb(42, 157, 171)

HSL

hsl(186.5, 60.6%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.5, 75.4%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(59.47, -26.16, -16.34)

LCH

lch(59.47, 30.84, 211.99)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0995, 207.16)

HWB

hwb(186.5, 16.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab382a

Analogous

#2aab79

#2a9dab

#2a5dab

Triadic

#2a9dab

#ab2a9d

#9dab2a

Split-complementary

#2a9dab

#ab2a5d

#ab792a

Tetradic

#2a9dab

#382aab

#ab382a

#9dab2a

Square

#2a9dab

#792aab

#ab382a

#5dab2a

Shades

Color #2a9dab mixed toward black.

#23838f

#1c6972

#154f56

#0e3439

#071a1d

Tints

Color #2a9dab mixed toward white.

#38bece

#60cbd8

#88d8e2

#b0e5ec

#d7f2f5

Tones

Color #2a9dab mixed toward gray.

#3595a0

#408c96

#4a848b

#557b80

#607375

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70a8 · ΔE 28.1

Deuteranopia

#6960a7 · ΔE 32.1

Tritanopia

#37a5a5 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a9dab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a9dab]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2a9dab (#2a9dab) is rgb(42, 157, 171) in RGB.

No, #2a9dab is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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