#2C9DBF#2C9DBF

#2C9DBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.109 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DBF
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -19.41, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 32.78, 233.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.0796 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.109 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4957, 28.4083, 53.5778)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DBF #BF4E2C

analogous

#2CBF97 #2C9DBF #2C53BF

triadic

#2C9DBF #BF2C9D #9DBF2C

tetradic

#2C9DBF #972CBF #BF4E2C #53BF2C

square

#2C9DBF #972CBF #BF4E2C #53BF2C

split-complementary

#2C9DBF #BF2C53 #BF972C

monochromatic

#154B5C #21748D #2C9DBF #51B8D7 #83CCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#2C9DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#2C9DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DBF

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DBF	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.109 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad2',
    500: '#2c9dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9dbf;
$custom-light: #7cbad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.878,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64939,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DBF

secondary

#CC8E7B

accent

#6842E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DBF

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

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