#2C8AAF#2C8AAF

#2C8AAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.102 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AAF
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -14.55, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 30.92, 241.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.067 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.102 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8619, 21.8055, 43.8166)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AAF #AF512C

analogous

#2CAF93 #2C8AAF #2C48AF

triadic

#2C8AAF #AF2C8A #8AAF2C

tetradic

#2C8AAF #932CAF #AF512C #48AF2C

square

#2C8AAF #932CAF #AF512C #48AF2C

split-complementary

#2C8AAF #AF2C48 #AF932C

monochromatic

#133D4D #20637E #2C8AAF #47AAD1 #78C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2C8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#2C8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AAF

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AAF	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.102 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc7',
    500: '#2c8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8aaf;
$custom-light: #78acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59569,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AAF

secondary

#C58972

accent

#7145E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AAF

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

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