#2C8AAD#2C8AAD

#2C8AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.100 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AAD
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -15.24, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 30.36, 239.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0678 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.1 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6669, 21.7275, 42.7898)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AAD #AD4F2C

analogous

#2CAD8F #2C8AAD #2C4AAD

triadic

#2C8AAD #AD2C8A #8AAD2C

tetradic

#2C8AAD #8F2CAD #AD4F2C #4AAD2C

square

#2C8AAD #8F2CAD #AD4F2C #4AAD2C

split-complementary

#2C8AAD #AD2C4A #AD8F2C

monochromatic

#133C4B #20637C #2C8AAD #46ABD0 #77C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2C8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2C8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AAD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AAD	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7787AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.100 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc5',
    500: '#2c8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8aad;
$custom-light: #78acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59475,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AAD

secondary

#C48771

accent

#7045E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AAD

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

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