#2C97BD#2C97BD

#2C97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.109 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C97BD
RGB	rgb(44, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -16.87, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 32.88, 239.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0746 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.109 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2868, 26.3402, 52.0965)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C97BD #BD522C

analogous

#2CBD9A #2C97BD #2C4EBD

triadic

#2C97BD #BD2C97 #97BD2C

tetradic

#2C97BD #9A2CBD #BD522C #4EBD2C

square

#2C97BD #9A2CBD #BD522C #4EBD2C

split-complementary

#2C97BD #BD2C4E #BD9A2C

monochromatic

#15485A #206F8B #2C97BD #50B3D6 #82C9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2C97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#2C97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C97BD

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C97BD	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.109 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5d1',
    500: '#2c97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c97bd;
$custom-light: #7bb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63392,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C97BD

secondary

#CB8F7A

accent

#6D42E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C97BD

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

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