#2C8A9E#2C8A9E

#2C8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.090 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8A9E
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -20.27, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 27.46, 222.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0737 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.09 215)
XYZ	xyz(16.2961, 21.1792, 35.5703)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8A9E #9E402C

analogous

#2C9E79 #2C8A9E #2C519E

triadic

#2C8A9E #9E2C8A #8A9E2C

tetradic

#2C8A9E #792C9E #9E402C #519E2C

square

#2C8A9E #792C9E #9E402C #519E2C

split-complementary

#2C8A9E #9E2C51 #9E792C

monochromatic

#11363E #1F606E #2C8A9E #3EB1C9 #6EC4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2C8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#2C8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8A9E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8A9E	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.090 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acba',
    500: '#2c8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8a9e;
$custom-light: #76acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.526,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58805,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.21181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8A9E

secondary

#BE7768

accent

#6348E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8A9E

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

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