#2C9AB8#2C9AB8

#2C9AB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9AB8
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 184)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -20.15, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 31.57, 230.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0794 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.105 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2424, 27.1048, 49.4503)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9AB8 #B84A2C

analogous

#2CB890 #2C9AB8 #2C54B8

triadic

#2C9AB8 #B82C9A #9AB82C

tetradic

#2C9AB8 #902CB8 #B84A2C #54B82C

square

#2C9AB8 #902CB8 #B84A2C #54B82C

split-complementary

#2C9AB8 #B82C54 #B8902C

monochromatic

#144755 #207187 #2C9AB8 #4DB7D4 #7ECBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2C9AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#2C9AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9AB8

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9AB8	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8896BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7588B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8cd',
    500: '#2c9ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ab8;
$custom-light: #7bb8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63897,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9AB8

secondary

#C98977

accent

#6643E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9AB8

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

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