#2C8AA0#2C8AA0

#2C8AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.091 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AA0
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -19.61, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 27.70, 224.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0729 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.091 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4697, 21.2486, 36.4843)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AA0 #A0422C

analogous

#2CA07C #2C8AA0 #2C50A0

triadic

#2C8AA0 #A02C8A #8AA02C

tetradic

#2C8AA0 #7C2CA0 #A0422C #50A02C

square

#2C8AA0 #7C2CA0 #A0422C #50A02C

split-complementary

#2C8AA0 #A02C50 #A07C2C

monochromatic

#123740 #1F6170 #2C8AA0 #3FB0CA #6FC4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2C8AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2C8AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AA0

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AA0	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B86A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.091 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acbc',
    500: '#2c8aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8aa0;
$custom-light: #76acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.379,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5889,
    "c": 0.09106,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AA0

secondary

#BF7969

accent

#6548E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AA0

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

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