#2C88B8#2C88B8

#2C88B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.111 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C88B8
RGB	rgb(44, 136, 184)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -10.29, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 34.35, 252.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.0618 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.111 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4912, 21.6023, 48.5332)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C88B8 #B85C2C

analogous

#2CB8A2 #2C88B8 #2C42B8

triadic

#2C88B8 #B82C88 #88B82C

tetradic

#2C88B8 #A22CB8 #B85C2C #42B82C

square

#2C88B8 #A22CB8 #B85C2C #42B82C

split-complementary

#2C88B8 #B82C42 #B8A22C

monochromatic

#143F55 #206387 #2C88B8 #4DA6D4 #7EBFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2C88B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2C88B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C88B8

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C88B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C88B8	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7187BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c88b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 136, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.111 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aacd',
    500: '#2c88b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c88b8;
$custom-light: #79aacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c88b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59525,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C88B8

secondary

#C99377

accent

#7B43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C88B8

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

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