#2C9ABF#2C9ABF

#2C9ABF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.109 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9ABF
RGB	rgb(44, 154, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 19.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -17.81, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 33.03, 237.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0767 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.109 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9944, 27.4056, 53.4107)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9ABF #BF512C

analogous

#2CBF9A #2C9ABF #2C50BF

triadic

#2C9ABF #BF2C9A #9ABF2C

tetradic

#2C9ABF #9A2CBF #BF512C #50BF2C

square

#2C9ABF #9A2CBF #BF512C #50BF2C

split-complementary

#2C9ABF #BF2C50 #BF9A2C

monochromatic

#154A5C #21728D #2C9ABF #51B5D7 #83CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2C9ABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#2C9ABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9ABF

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9ABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9ABF	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7289BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9abf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.109 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7d2',
    500: '#2c9abf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9abf;
$custom-light: #7cb7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9abf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64211,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9ABF

secondary

#CC8F7B

accent

#6B42E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9ABF

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

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