#2C809E#2C809E

#2C809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.091 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C809E
RGB	rgb(44, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, -14.83, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 27.63, 237.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% -0.0633 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.091 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9269, 18.4407, 35.1138)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C809E #9E4A2C

analogous

#2C9E83 #2C809E #2C479E

triadic

#2C809E #9E2C80 #809E2C

tetradic

#2C809E #832C9E #9E4A2C #479E2C

square

#2C809E #832C9E #9E4A2C #479E2C

split-complementary

#2C809E #9E2C47 #9E832C

monochromatic

#11323E #1F596E #2C809E #3EA5C9 #6EBBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#2C809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#2C809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C809E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C809E	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60729E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.091 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a5ba',
    500: '#2c809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c809e;
$custom-light: #75a5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56302,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C809E

secondary

#BE7F68

accent

#7048E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C809E

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

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