#2C9BC3#2C9BC3

#2C9BC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.112 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9BC3
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -16.99, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 33.92, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0762 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.112 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6063, 27.9155, 55.8160)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9BC3 #C3542C

analogous

#2CC3A0 #2C9BC3 #2C50C3

triadic

#2C9BC3 #C32C9B #9BC32C

tetradic

#2C9BC3 #A02CC3 #C3542C #50C32C

square

#2C9BC3 #A02CC3 #C3542C #50C32C

split-complementary

#2C9BC3 #C32C50 #C3A02C

monochromatic

#154C5F #217391 #2C9BC3 #54B5D8 #86CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2C9BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#2C9BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9BC3

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9BC3	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8698C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.112 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb8d5',
    500: '#2c9bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9bc3;
$custom-light: #7cb8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64636,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9BC3

secondary

#CD937E

accent

#6D42E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9BC3

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

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