#2C8AAB#2C8AAB

#2C8AAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.098 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AAB
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -15.92, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 29.84, 237.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0685 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.098 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4749, 21.6507, 41.7782)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AAB #AB4D2C

analogous

#2CAB8D #2C8AAB #2C4AAB

triadic

#2C8AAB #AB2C8A #8AAB2C

tetradic

#2C8AAB #8D2CAB #AB4D2C #4AAB2C

square

#2C8AAB #8D2CAB #AB4D2C #4AAB2C

split-complementary

#2C8AAB #AB2C4A #AB8D2C

monochromatic

#133B4A #1F637A #2C8AAB #45ABCF #76C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2C8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#2C8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AAB

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AAB	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.098 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc4',
    500: '#2c8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8aab;
$custom-light: #77acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.591,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59382,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AAB

secondary

#C3856F

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AAB

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

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