#2C9ABC#2C9ABC

#2C9ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9ABC
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -18.82, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 32.35, 234.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0778 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.107 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6676, 27.2749, 51.6898)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9ABC #BC4E2C

analogous

#2CBC96 #2C9ABC #2C52BC

triadic

#2C9ABC #BC2C9A #9ABC2C

tetradic

#2C9ABC #962CBC #BC4E2C #52BC2C

square

#2C9ABC #962CBC #BC4E2C #52BC2C

split-complementary

#2C9ABC #BC2C52 #BC962C

monochromatic

#154959 #20718A #2C9ABC #4FB6D6 #81CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2C9ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#2C9ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9ABC

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9ABC	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8d0',
    500: '#2c9abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9abc;
$custom-light: #7bb8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64075,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9ABC

secondary

#CA8D79

accent

#6943E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9ABC

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

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