#2C9CBF#2C9CBF

#2C9CBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.109 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CBF
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -18.87, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 32.85, 234.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0786 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.109 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3272, 28.0713, 53.5217)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CBF #BF4F2C

analogous

#2CBF98 #2C9CBF #2C52BF

triadic

#2C9CBF #BF2C9C #9CBF2C

tetradic

#2C9CBF #982CBF #BF4F2C #52BF2C

square

#2C9CBF #982CBF #BF4F2C #52BF2C

split-complementary

#2C9CBF #BF2C52 #BF982C

monochromatic

#154B5C #21738D #2C9CBF #51B7D7 #83CCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2C9CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#2C9CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CBF

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CBF	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.109 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d2',
    500: '#2c9cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cbf;
$custom-light: #7cb9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64696,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CBF

secondary

#CC8E7B

accent

#6942E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CBF

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

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