#2C9BB9#2C9BB9

#2C9BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.105 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9BB9
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -20.35, -24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 31.72, 230.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.08 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.105 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5133, 27.4783, 50.0595)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9BB9 #B94A2C

analogous

#2CB991 #2C9BB9 #2C54B9

triadic

#2C9BB9 #B92C9B #9BB92C

tetradic

#2C9BB9 #912CB9 #B94A2C #54B92C

square

#2C9BB9 #912CB9 #B94A2C #54B92C

split-complementary

#2C9BB9 #B92C54 #B9912C

monochromatic

#144856 #207288 #2C9BB9 #4DB8D5 #7FCCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#2C9BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#2C9BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9BB9

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9BB9	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.105 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8ce',
    500: '#2c9bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9bb9;
$custom-light: #7bb8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 61.572,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9BB9

secondary

#C98978

accent

#6643E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9BB9

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

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