#2C9BBD#2C9BBD

#2C9BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.108 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9BBD
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -19.01, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 32.49, 234.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0784 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.108 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9415, 27.6496, 52.3147)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9BBD #BD4E2C

analogous

#2CBD96 #2C9BBD #2C52BD

triadic

#2C9BBD #BD2C9B #9BBD2C

tetradic

#2C9BBD #962CBD #BD4E2C #52BD2C

square

#2C9BBD #962CBD #BD4E2C #52BD2C

split-complementary

#2C9BBD #BD2C52 #BD962C

monochromatic

#154A5A #20728B #2C9BBD #50B7D6 #82CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2C9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#2C9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9BBD

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9BBD	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.108 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8d1',
    500: '#2c9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9bbd;
$custom-light: #7bb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64363,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9BBD

secondary

#CB8D7A

accent

#6942E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9BBD

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

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