#2C9DB5#2C9DB5

#2C9DB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.103 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DB5
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -22.71, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 31.19, 223.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0835 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.103 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4326, 27.9830, 47.9788)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DB5 #B5442C

analogous

#2CB589 #2C9DB5 #2C59B5

triadic

#2C9DB5 #B52C9D #9DB52C

tetradic

#2C9DB5 #892CB5 #B5442C #59B52C

square

#2C9DB5 #892CB5 #B5442C #59B52C

split-complementary

#2C9DB5 #B52C59 #B5892C

monochromatic

#144853 #207284 #2C9DB5 #4BBBD3 #7CCEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2C9DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#2C9DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DB5

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DB5	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.103 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbacb',
    500: '#2c9db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9db5;
$custom-light: #7bbacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.511,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64505,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DB5

secondary

#C88475

accent

#6044E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DB5

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

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