#2C9CB5#2C9CB5

#2C9CB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.103 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CB5
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -22.19, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 31.14, 224.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0826 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.103 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2641, 27.6460, 47.9226)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CB5 #B5452C

analogous

#2CB58A #2C9CB5 #2C58B5

triadic

#2C9CB5 #B52C9C #9CB52C

tetradic

#2C9CB5 #8A2CB5 #B5452C #58B52C

square

#2C9CB5 #8A2CB5 #B5452C #58B52C

split-complementary

#2C9CB5 #B52C58 #B58A2C

monochromatic

#144753 #207284 #2C9CB5 #4BBAD3 #7CCDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2C9CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#2C9CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CB5

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CB5	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)

#8B97B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.103 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9cb',
    500: '#2c9cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cb5;
$custom-light: #7ab9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.949,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64259,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CB5

secondary

#C88475

accent

#6144E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CB5

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

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