#2C9BB5#2C9BB5

#2C9BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.103 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9BB5
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -21.67, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 31.10, 225.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0816 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.103 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0970, 27.3118, 47.8669)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9BB5 #B5462C

analogous

#2CB58B #2C9BB5 #2C57B5

triadic

#2C9BB5 #B52C9B #9BB52C

tetradic

#2C9BB5 #8B2CB5 #B5462C #57B52C

square

#2C9BB5 #8B2CB5 #B5462C #57B52C

split-complementary

#2C9BB5 #B52C57 #B58B2C

monochromatic

#144753 #207184 #2C9BB5 #4BB9D3 #7CCCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2C9BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#2C9BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9BB5

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9BB5	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)

#8A96B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7789B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.103 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8cb',
    500: '#2c9bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9bb5;
$custom-light: #7ab8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.387,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64013,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9BB5

secondary

#C88575

accent

#6244E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9BB5

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

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