#2C5E8A#2C5E8A

#2C5E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.090 H 247.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C5E8A
RGB	rgb(44, 94, 138)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.51, -1.87, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.51, 29.42, 266.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.85% -0.0342 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(46.85% 0.09 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6271, 10.3749, 25.5350)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C5E8A #8A582C

analogous

#2C8A87 #2C5E8A #2C2F8A

triadic

#2C5E8A #8A2C5E #5E8A2C

tetradic

#2C5E8A #872C8A #8A582C #2F8A2C

square

#2C5E8A #872C8A #8A582C #2F8A2C

split-complementary

#2C5E8A #8A2C2F #8A872C

monochromatic

#0E1F2D #1D3E5C #2C5E8A #3B7EB8 #639CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#2C5E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#2C5E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C5E8A

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C5E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C5E8A	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B608C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c5e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 94, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.090 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#708bac',
    500: '#2c5e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c5e8a;
$custom-light: #708bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c5e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.085,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46852,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C5E8A

secondary

#B4865E

accent

#8F4DDB

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDF0F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080C10

muted

#7B7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C5E8A

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

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