#2C9EC4#2C9EC4

#2C9EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.112 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9EC4
RGB	rgb(44, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -18.26, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 33.81, 237.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.0787 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.112 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2252, 28.9719, 56.5819)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9EC4 #C4522C

analogous

#2CC49E #2C9EC4 #2C52C4

triadic

#2C9EC4 #C42C9E #9EC42C

tetradic

#2C9EC4 #9E2CC4 #C4522C #52C42C

square

#2C9EC4 #9E2CC4 #C4522C #52C42C

split-complementary

#2C9EC4 #C42C52 #C49E2C

monochromatic

#164D60 #217692 #2C9EC4 #54B8D9 #86CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#2C9EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#2C9EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9EC4

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9EC4	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.112 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dbad6',
    500: '#2c9ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9ec4;
$custom-light: #7dbad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65406,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9EC4

secondary

#CD927E

accent

#6B41E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9EC4

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

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