#2C9AC3#2C9AC3

#2C9AC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.113 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2C9AC3
RGBrgb(44, 154, 195)
HSLhsl(196, 63%, 47%)
HSVhsv(196, 77%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(77.4%, 21%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(59.51, -16.45, -29.82)
CIE-LCHlch(59.51, 34.06, 241.12°)
OKLaboklab(64.4% -0.0752 -0.0838)
OKLCHoklch(64.4% 0.113 228.1)
XYZxyz(22.4406, 27.5841, 55.7607)
Luminance0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2C9AC3 #C3552C
analogous
#2CC3A0 #2C9AC3 #2C4FC3
triadic
#2C9AC3 #C32C9A #9AC32C
tetradic
#2C9AC3 #A02CC3 #C3552C #4FC32C
square
#2C9AC3 #A02CC3 #C3552C #4FC32C
split-complementary
#2C9AC3 #C32C4F #C3A02C
monochromatic
#154B5F #217391 #2C9AC3 #54B4D8 #86CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22
#2C9AC3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52
#2C9AC3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9AC3
6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2C9AC3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2C9AC31.003.226.526.52
#FFFFFF3.221.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5221.001.001.00
##0000006.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8497C5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7089C2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A6A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2c9ac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 154, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.113 228.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7d5',
    500: '#2c9ac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2c9ac3;
$custom-light: #7cb7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2c9ac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64395,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2C9AC3
secondary
#CD937E
accent
#6E42E6
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#EFF6FA
border
#CAD0D3
text
#0B1114
muted
#7C8083

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#2C9AC3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva