#2C9DC4#2C9DC4

#2C9DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.112 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9DC4
RGB	rgb(44, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, -17.72, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 33.92, 238.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0777 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.112 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0554, 28.6321, 56.5253)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9DC4 #C4532C

analogous

#2CC49F #2C9DC4 #2C51C4

triadic

#2C9DC4 #C42C9D #9DC42C

tetradic

#2C9DC4 #9F2CC4 #C4532C #51C42C

square

#2C9DC4 #9F2CC4 #C4532C #51C42C

split-complementary

#2C9DC4 #C42C51 #C49F2C

monochromatic

#164D60 #217592 #2C9DC4 #54B7D9 #86CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#2C9DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#2C9DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9DC4

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9DC4	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.112 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbad6',
    500: '#2c9dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9dc4;
$custom-light: #7dbad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.395,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65165,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9DC4

secondary

#CD937E

accent

#6C41E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9DC4

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

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