#2C9DB6#2C9DB6

#2C9DB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.103 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DB6
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 182)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -22.38, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 31.30, 224.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0831 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.103 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5356, 28.0242, 48.5211)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DB6 #B6452C

analogous

#2CB68A #2C9DB6 #2C58B6

triadic

#2C9DB6 #B62C9D #9DB62C

tetradic

#2C9DB6 #8A2CB6 #B6452C #58B62C

square

#2C9DB6 #8A2CB6 #B6452C #58B62C

split-complementary

#2C9DB6 #B62C58 #B68A2C

monochromatic

#144853 #207285 #2C9DB6 #4CBBD4 #7DCEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2C9DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#2C9DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DB6

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DB6	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.103 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbacc',
    500: '#2c9db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9db6;
$custom-light: #7bbacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64547,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DB6

secondary

#C88576

accent

#6144E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DB6

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

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