#2C9EB6#2C9EB6

#2C9EB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.103 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EB6
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -22.90, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 31.35, 223.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0841 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.103 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7055, 28.3640, 48.5777)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EB6 #B6442C

analogous

#2CB689 #2C9EB6 #2C59B6

triadic

#2C9EB6 #B62C9E #9EB62C

tetradic

#2C9EB6 #892CB6 #B6442C #59B62C

square

#2C9EB6 #892CB6 #B6442C #59B62C

split-complementary

#2C9EB6 #B62C59 #B6892C

monochromatic

#144853 #207385 #2C9EB6 #4CBCD4 #7DCEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#2C9EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#2C9EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EB6

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EB6	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.103 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbcc',
    500: '#2c9eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9eb6;
$custom-light: #7bbbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64793,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EB6

secondary

#C88476

accent

#6044E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EB6

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

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