#2C9DC3#2C9DC3

#2C9DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.112 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DC3
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -18.06, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 33.67, 237.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0781 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.112 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9419, 28.5868, 55.9278)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DC3 #C3522C

analogous

#2CC39E #2C9DC3 #2C52C3

triadic

#2C9DC3 #C32C9D #9DC32C

tetradic

#2C9DC3 #9E2CC3 #C3522C #52C32C

square

#2C9DC3 #9E2CC3 #C3522C #52C32C

split-complementary

#2C9DC3 #C32C52 #C39E2C

monochromatic

#154D5F #217591 #2C9DC3 #54B7D8 #86CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#2C9DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#2C9DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DC3

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DC3	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.112 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbad5',
    500: '#2c9dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9dc3;
$custom-light: #7dbad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65119,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DC3

secondary

#CD927E

accent

#6B42E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DC3

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

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