#2C9DBD#2C9DBD

#2C9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.107 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DBD
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, -20.07, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 32.39, 231.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0804 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.107 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2771, 28.3208, 52.4266)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DBD #BD4C2C

analogous

#2CBD94 #2C9DBD #2C55BD

triadic

#2C9DBD #BD2C9D #9DBD2C

tetradic

#2C9DBD #942CBD #BD4C2C #55BD2C

square

#2C9DBD #942CBD #BD4C2C #55BD2C

split-complementary

#2C9DBD #BD2C55 #BD942C

monochromatic

#154B5A #20748B #2C9DBD #50B9D6 #82CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#2C9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#2C9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DBD

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DBD	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)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.107 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad1',
    500: '#2c9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9dbd;
$custom-light: #7cbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.241,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6485,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DBD

secondary

#CB8C7A

accent

#6642E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DBD

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

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