#2C9CB6#2C9CB6

#2C9CB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.103 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CB6
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -21.86, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 31.26, 225.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0822 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.103 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3671, 27.6872, 48.4649)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CB6 #B6462C

analogous

#2CB68B #2C9CB6 #2C57B6

triadic

#2C9CB6 #B62C9C #9CB62C

tetradic

#2C9CB6 #8B2CB6 #B6462C #57B62C

square

#2C9CB6 #8B2CB6 #B6462C #57B62C

split-complementary

#2C9CB6 #B62C57 #B68B2C

monochromatic

#144853 #207285 #2C9CB6 #4CBAD4 #7DCDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2C9CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#2C9CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CB6

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CB6	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.103 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9cc',
    500: '#2c9cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cb6;
$custom-light: #7bb9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64301,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CB6

secondary

#C88576

accent

#6244E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CB6

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

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