#2C9DB7#2C9DB7

#2C9DB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.104 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DB7
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, -22.05, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 31.43, 225.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0827 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.104 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6393, 28.0657, 49.0673)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DB7 #B7462C

analogous

#2CB78C #2C9DB7 #2C58B7

triadic

#2C9DB7 #B72C9D #9DB72C

tetradic

#2C9DB7 #8C2CB7 #B7462C #58B72C

square

#2C9DB7 #8C2CB7 #B7462C #58B72C

split-complementary

#2C9DB7 #B72C58 #B78C2C

monochromatic

#144854 #207386 #2C9DB7 #4CBBD4 #7ECDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2C9DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#2C9DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DB7

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DB7	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)

#8C98B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.104 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbacc',
    500: '#2c9db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9db7;
$custom-light: #7bbacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.223,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6459,
    "c": 0.10371,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DB7

secondary

#C88676

accent

#6243E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DB7

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

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