#2C9EC3#2C9EC3

#2C9EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.111 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EC3
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 195)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 19%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -18.59, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 33.57, 236.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.079 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.111 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1118, 28.9265, 55.9845)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EC3 #C3512C

analogous

#2CC39D #2C9EC3 #2C53C3

triadic

#2C9EC3 #C32C9E #9EC32C

tetradic

#2C9EC3 #9D2CC3 #C3512C #53C32C

square

#2C9EC3 #9D2CC3 #C3512C #53C32C

split-complementary

#2C9EC3 #C32C53 #C39D2C

monochromatic

#154D5F #217691 #2C9EC3 #54B8D8 #86CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#2C9EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#2C9EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EC3

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EC3	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.111 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbad5',
    500: '#2c9ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ec3;
$custom-light: #7dbad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EC3

secondary

#CD917E

accent

#6A42E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EC3

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

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