#2C9ABE#2C9ABE

#2C9ABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.109 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9ABE
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -18.14, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 32.80, 236.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0771 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.109 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8847, 27.3617, 52.8331)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9ABE #BE502C

analogous

#2CBE99 #2C9ABE #2C51BE

triadic

#2C9ABE #BE2C9A #9ABE2C

tetradic

#2C9ABE #992CBE #BE502C #51BE2C

square

#2C9ABE #992CBE #BE502C #51BE2C

split-complementary

#2C9ABE #BE2C51 #BE992C

monochromatic

#15495B #20728C #2C9ABE #51B6D7 #82CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2C9ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#2C9ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9ABE

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9ABE	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.109 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7d1',
    500: '#2c9abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9abe;
$custom-light: #7cb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64165,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9ABE

secondary

#CB8F7B

accent

#6B42E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9ABE

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

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