#2C8AAC#2C8AAC

#2C8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.099 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AAC
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -15.58, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 30.10, 238.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0681 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.099 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5705, 21.6889, 42.2821)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AAC #AC4E2C

analogous

#2CAC8E #2C8AAC #2C4AAC

triadic

#2C8AAC #AC2C8A #8AAC2C

tetradic

#2C8AAC #8E2CAC #AC4E2C #4AAC2C

square

#2C8AAC #8E2CAC #AC4E2C #4AAC2C

split-complementary

#2C8AAC #AC2C4A #AC8E2C

monochromatic

#133C4B #20637B #2C8AAC #46ABD0 #76C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2C8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2C8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AAC

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AAC	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.099 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc4',
    500: '#2c8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8aac;
$custom-light: #78acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59429,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AAC

secondary

#C48670

accent

#6F45E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AAC

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

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