#2C9BC4#2C9BC4

#2C9BC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.113 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9BC4
RGB	rgb(44, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -16.65, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 34.18, 240.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0758 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.113 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7198, 27.9609, 56.4134)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9BC4 #C4552C

analogous

#2CC4A1 #2C9BC4 #2C4FC4

triadic

#2C9BC4 #C42C9B #9BC42C

tetradic

#2C9BC4 #A12CC4 #C4552C #4FC42C

square

#2C9BC4 #A12CC4 #C4552C #4FC42C

split-complementary

#2C9BC4 #C42C4F #C4A12C

monochromatic

#164C60 #217392 #2C9BC4 #54B5D9 #86CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2C9BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2C9BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9BC4

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9BC4	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8598C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.113 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db8d6',
    500: '#2c9bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9bc4;
$custom-light: #7db8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64683,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9BC4

secondary

#CD947E

accent

#6E41E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9BC4

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

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