#2C9CBC#2C9CBC

#2C9CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.107 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CBC
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -19.88, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 32.24, 231.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0798 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.107 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0005, 27.9406, 51.8008)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CBC #BC4C2C

analogous

#2CBC94 #2C9CBC #2C54BC

triadic

#2C9CBC #BC2C9C #9CBC2C

tetradic

#2C9CBC #942CBC #BC4C2C #54BC2C

square

#2C9CBC #942CBC #BC4C2C #54BC2C

split-complementary

#2C9CBC #BC2C54 #BC942C

monochromatic

#154A59 #20738A #2C9CBC #4FB8D6 #81CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2C9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2C9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CBC

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CBC	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)

#8998BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.107 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9d0',
    500: '#2c9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cbc;
$custom-light: #7bb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64562,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CBC

secondary

#CA8B79

accent

#6743E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CBC

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

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