#2C9EBD#2C9EBD

#2C9EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EBD
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -20.60, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 32.35, 230.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0813 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.107 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4470, 28.6606, 52.4832)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EBD #BD4B2C

analogous

#2CBD94 #2C9EBD #2C55BD

triadic

#2C9EBD #BD2C9E #9EBD2C

tetradic

#2C9EBD #942CBD #BD4B2C #55BD2C

square

#2C9EBD #942CBD #BD4B2C #55BD2C

split-complementary

#2C9EBD #BD2C55 #BD942C

monochromatic

#154B5A #20748B #2C9EBD #50BAD6 #82CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#2C9EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#2C9EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EBD

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EBD	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)

#8B9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad1',
    500: '#2c9ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ebd;
$custom-light: #7cbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.828,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65094,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EBD

secondary

#CB8B7A

accent

#6542E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EBD

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

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