#2C99B8#2C99B8

#2C99B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.105 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C99B8
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 184)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -19.62, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 31.60, 231.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0784 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.105 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0781, 26.7761, 49.3955)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C99B8 #B84B2C

analogous

#2CB891 #2C99B8 #2C53B8

triadic

#2C99B8 #B82C99 #99B82C

tetradic

#2C99B8 #912CB8 #B84B2C #53B82C

square

#2C99B8 #912CB8 #B84B2C #53B82C

split-complementary

#2C99B8 #B82C53 #B8912C

monochromatic

#144755 #207087 #2C99B8 #4DB6D4 #7ECAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#2C99B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#2C99B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C99B8

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C99B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C99B8	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8795BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7487B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c99b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.105 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7cd',
    500: '#2c99b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c99b8;
$custom-light: #7bb7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c99b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63653,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C99B8

secondary

#C98977

accent

#6743E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C99B8

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

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