#2C9AB9#2C9AB9

#2C9AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9AB9
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -19.82, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 31.75, 231.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.079 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.105 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3476, 27.1469, 50.0043)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9AB9 #B94B2C

analogous

#2CB991 #2C9AB9 #2C54B9

triadic

#2C9AB9 #B92C9A #9AB92C

tetradic

#2C9AB9 #912CB9 #B94B2C #54B92C

square

#2C9AB9 #912CB9 #B94B2C #54B92C

split-complementary

#2C9AB9 #B92C54 #B9912C

monochromatic

#144856 #207188 #2C9AB9 #4DB7D5 #7FCBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2C9AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2C9AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9AB9

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9AB9	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8896BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7588B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8ce',
    500: '#2c9ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ab9;
$custom-light: #7bb8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.191,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63941,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9AB9

secondary

#C98A78

accent

#6743E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9AB9

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

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