#2C97B0#2C97B0

#2C97B0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.100 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C97B0
RGB	rgb(44, 151, 176)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 14.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -21.22, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 30.31, 225.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0796 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.1 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9385, 25.8009, 44.9951)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C97B0 #B0452C

analogous

#2CB087 #2C97B0 #2C55B0

triadic

#2C97B0 #B02C97 #97B02C

tetradic

#2C97B0 #872CB0 #B0452C #55B02C

square

#2C97B0 #872CB0 #B0452C #55B02C

split-complementary

#2C97B0 #B02C55 #B0872C

monochromatic

#14434E #206D7F #2C97B0 #48B7D1 #79CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2C97B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#2C97B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C97B0

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C97B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C97B0	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7585B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c97b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 151, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.100 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5c7',
    500: '#2c97b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c97b0;
$custom-light: #79b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c97b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62812,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C97B0

secondary

#C68272

accent

#6345E3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C97B0

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

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