#2C809F#2C809F

#2C809F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.092 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C809F
RGB	rgb(44, 128, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, -14.49, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 27.89, 238.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% -0.0629 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.092 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0133, 18.4753, 35.5690)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C809F #9F4B2C

analogous

#2C9F85 #2C809F #2C479F

triadic

#2C809F #9F2C80 #809F2C

tetradic

#2C809F #852C9F #9F4B2C #479F2C

square

#2C809F #852C9F #9F4B2C #479F2C

split-complementary

#2C809F #9F2C47 #9F852C

monochromatic

#11333F #1F596F #2C809F #3EA4CA #6EBBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#2C809F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#2C809F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C809F

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C809F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C809F	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60729F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c809f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 128, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.092 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a5bb',
    500: '#2c809f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c809f;
$custom-light: #75a5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c809f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56349,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C809F

secondary

#BE8069

accent

#7148E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C809F

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

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