#2E9CC9#2E9CC9

#2E9CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.116 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9CC9
RGB	rgb(46, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -15.26, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 35.28, 244.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0741 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.116 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5535, 28.5720, 59.5206)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9CC9 #C95B2E

analogous

#2EC9A8 #2E9CC9 #2E4FC9

triadic

#2E9CC9 #C92E9C #9CC92E

tetradic

#2E9CC9 #A82EC9 #C95B2E #4FC92E

square

#2E9CC9 #A82EC9 #C95B2E #4FC92E

split-complementary

#2E9CC9 #C92E4F #C9A82E

monochromatic

#174F65 #237597 #2E9CC9 #5BB5D9 #8DCBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#2E9CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#2E9CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9CC9

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9CC9	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.116 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb9d9',
    500: '#2e9cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9cc9;
$custom-light: #7eb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65202,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9CC9

secondary

#CF9A84

accent

#7242E6

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9CC9

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

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