#2C9BB8#2C9BB8

#2C9BB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.104 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9BB8
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -20.68, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 31.55, 229.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0804 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.104 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4081, 27.4363, 49.5055)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9BB8 #B8492C

analogous

#2CB88F #2C9BB8 #2C55B8

triadic

#2C9BB8 #B82C9B #9BB82C

tetradic

#2C9BB8 #8F2CB8 #B8492C #55B82C

square

#2C9BB8 #8F2CB8 #B8492C #55B82C

split-complementary

#2C9BB8 #B82C55 #B88F2C

monochromatic

#144855 #207187 #2C9BB8 #4DB8D4 #7ECCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#2C9BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#2C9BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9BB8

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9BB8	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.104 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8cd',
    500: '#2c9bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9bb8;
$custom-light: #7bb8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.429,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64142,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9BB8

secondary

#C98877

accent

#6543E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9BB8

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

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