#2C9CC4#2C9CC4

#2C9CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.113 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9CC4
RGB	rgb(44, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, -17.19, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 34.04, 239.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0768 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.113 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8869, 28.2951, 56.4691)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9CC4 #C4542C

analogous

#2CC4A0 #2C9CC4 #2C50C4

triadic

#2C9CC4 #C42C9C #9CC42C

tetradic

#2C9CC4 #A02CC4 #C4542C #50C42C

square

#2C9CC4 #A02CC4 #C4542C #50C42C

split-complementary

#2C9CC4 #C42C50 #C4A02C

monochromatic

#164C60 #217492 #2C9CC4 #54B6D9 #86CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#2C9CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#2C9CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9CC4

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9CC4	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.113 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db9d6',
    500: '#2c9cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9cc4;
$custom-light: #7db9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64924,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9CC4

secondary

#CD937E

accent

#6D41E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9CC4

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

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