#2C8AA9#2C8AA9

#2C8AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.097 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AA9
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -16.60, -24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 29.36, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0693 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.097 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2857, 21.5750, 40.7818)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AA9 #A94B2C

analogous

#2CA98A #2C8AA9 #2C4CA9

triadic

#2C8AA9 #A92C8A #8AA92C

tetradic

#2C8AA9 #8A2CA9 #A94B2C #4CA92C

square

#2C8AA9 #8A2CA9 #A94B2C #4CA92C

split-complementary

#2C8AA9 #A92C4C #A98A2C

monochromatic

#133B48 #1F6278 #2C8AA9 #44ACCE #74C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2C8AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2C8AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AA9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AA9	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)

#7987AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.097 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc2',
    500: '#2c8aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8aa9;
$custom-light: #77acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.88,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5929,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AA9

secondary

#C3836E

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AA9

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

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