#2C9DB4#2C9DB4

#2C9DB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.102 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DB4
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -23.03, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 31.08, 222.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.084 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.102 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3304, 27.9421, 47.4403)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DB4 #B4432C

analogous

#2CB487 #2C9DB4 #2C59B4

triadic

#2C9DB4 #B42C9D #9DB42C

tetradic

#2C9DB4 #872CB4 #B4432C #59B42C

square

#2C9DB4 #872CB4 #B4432C #59B42C

split-complementary

#2C9DB4 #B42C59 #B4872C

monochromatic

#144752 #207283 #2C9DB4 #4ABCD3 #7CCEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2C9DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2C9DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DB4

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DB4	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)

#8D98B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.102 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abaca',
    500: '#2c9db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9db4;
$custom-light: #7abaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.147,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64463,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DB4

secondary

#C78375

accent

#5F44E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DB4

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

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