#2C9CC0#2C9CC0

#2C9CC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.110 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CC0
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -18.54, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 33.07, 235.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0783 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.11 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4377, 28.1155, 54.1032)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CC0 #C0502C

analogous

#2CC09A #2C9CC0 #2C52C0

triadic

#2C9CC0 #C02C9C #9CC02C

tetradic

#2C9CC0 #9A2CC0 #C0502C #52C02C

square

#2C9CC0 #9A2CC0 #C0502C #52C02C

split-complementary

#2C9CC0 #C02C52 #C09A2C

monochromatic

#154B5C #21748E #2C9CC0 #52B7D7 #84CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2C9CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#2C9CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CC0

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CC0	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.110 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d3',
    500: '#2c9cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cc0;
$custom-light: #7cb9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64741,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CC0

secondary

#CC8F7C

accent

#6A42E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CC0

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

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