#2C9CB8#2C9CB8

#2C9CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.104 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CB8
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -21.20, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 31.55, 227.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0814 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.104 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5753, 27.7705, 49.5612)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CB8 #B8482C

analogous

#2CB88E #2C9CB8 #2C56B8

triadic

#2C9CB8 #B82C9C #9CB82C

tetradic

#2C9CB8 #8E2CB8 #B8482C #56B82C

square

#2C9CB8 #8E2CB8 #B8482C #56B82C

split-complementary

#2C9CB8 #B82C56 #B88E2C

monochromatic

#144855 #207287 #2C9CB8 #4DB9D4 #7ECDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2C9CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#2C9CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CB8

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CB8	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.104 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9cd',
    500: '#2c9cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cb8;
$custom-light: #7bb9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64387,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CB8

secondary

#C98777

accent

#6443E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CB8

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

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