#2C97B6#2C97B6

#2C97B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.104 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C97B6
RGB	rgb(44, 151, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 17%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -19.23, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 31.30, 232.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0772 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.104 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5453, 26.0436, 48.1910)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C97B6 #B64B2C

analogous

#2CB690 #2C97B6 #2C52B6

triadic

#2C97B6 #B62C97 #97B62C

tetradic

#2C97B6 #902CB6 #B64B2C #52B62C

square

#2C97B6 #902CB6 #B64B2C #52B62C

split-complementary

#2C97B6 #B62C52 #B6902C

monochromatic

#144553 #206E85 #2C97B6 #4CB5D4 #7DC9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#2C97B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#2C97B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C97B6

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C97B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C97B6	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7286B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c97b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 151, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.104 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5cc',
    500: '#2c97b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c97b6;
$custom-light: #7ab5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c97b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.478,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63074,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C97B6

secondary

#C88876

accent

#6844E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C97B6

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

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