#2C96B9#2C96B9

#2C96B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.106 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C96B9
RGB	rgb(44, 150, 185)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -17.69, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 32.01, 236.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0751 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.106 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6984, 25.8485, 49.7879)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C96B9 #B94F2C

analogous

#2CB996 #2C96B9 #2C4FB9

triadic

#2C96B9 #B92C96 #96B92C

tetradic

#2C96B9 #962CB9 #B94F2C #4FB92C

square

#2C96B9 #962CB9 #B94F2C #4FB92C

split-complementary

#2C96B9 #B92C4F #B9962C

monochromatic

#144656 #206E88 #2C96B9 #4DB3D5 #7FC8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2C96B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#2C96B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C96B9

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C96B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C96B9	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7085B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c96b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 150, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.106 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5ce',
    500: '#2c96b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c96b9;
$custom-light: #7ab5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c96b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62965,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C96B9

secondary

#C98C78

accent

#6B43E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C96B9

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

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