#2C8AA4#2C8AA4

#2C8AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AA4
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -18.28, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 28.33, 229.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% -0.0713 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.093 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8252, 21.3908, 38.3569)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AA4 #A4462C

analogous

#2CA482 #2C8AA4 #2C4EA4

triadic

#2C8AA4 #A42C8A #8AA42C

tetradic

#2C8AA4 #822CA4 #A4462C #4EA42C

square

#2C8AA4 #822CA4 #A4462C #4EA42C

split-complementary

#2C8AA4 #A42C4E #A4822C

monochromatic

#123943 #1F6174 #2C8AA4 #41AECC #71C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2C8AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#2C8AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AA4

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AA4	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acbf',
    500: '#2c8aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8aa4;
$custom-light: #76acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59065,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AA4

secondary

#C07E6B

accent

#6847E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AA4

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

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