#2C8AA8#2C8AA8

#2C8AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.096 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AA8
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -16.94, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 29.13, 234.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0697 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.096 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1922, 21.5376, 40.2893)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AA8 #A84A2C

analogous

#2CA888 #2C8AA8 #2C4CA8

triadic

#2C8AA8 #A82C8A #8AA82C

tetradic

#2C8AA8 #882CA8 #A84A2C #4CA82C

square

#2C8AA8 #882CA8 #A84A2C #4CA82C

split-complementary

#2C8AA8 #A82C4C #A8882C

monochromatic

#133A47 #1F6278 #2C8AA8 #43ACCE #74C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2C8AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2C8AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AA8

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AA8	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.096 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc2',
    500: '#2c8aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8aa8;
$custom-light: #77acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.516,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59245,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AA8

secondary

#C2826E

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AA8

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

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