#2C99BE#2C99BE

#2C99BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C99BE
RGB	rgb(44, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -17.61, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 32.90, 237.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0761 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.109 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7204, 27.0330, 52.7784)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C99BE #BE512C

analogous

#2CBE9A #2C99BE #2C50BE

triadic

#2C99BE #BE2C99 #99BE2C

tetradic

#2C99BE #9A2CBE #BE512C #50BE2C

square

#2C99BE #9A2CBE #BE512C #50BE2C

split-complementary

#2C99BE #BE2C50 #BE9A2C

monochromatic

#15495B #20718C #2C99BE #51B5D7 #82CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2C99BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#2C99BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C99BE

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C99BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C99BE	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c99be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7d1',
    500: '#2c99be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c99be;
$custom-light: #7bb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c99be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63923,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C99BE

secondary

#CB8F7B

accent

#6C42E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C99BE

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

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