#2C8AB0#2C8AB0

#2C8AB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.103 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AB0
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 176)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 21.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -14.21, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 31.21, 242.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0666 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.103 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9605, 21.8449, 44.3358)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AB0 #B0522C

analogous

#2CB094 #2C8AB0 #2C48B0

triadic

#2C8AB0 #B02C8A #8AB02C

tetradic

#2C8AB0 #942CB0 #B0522C #48B02C

square

#2C8AB0 #942CB0 #B0522C #48B02C

split-complementary

#2C8AB0 #B02C48 #B0942C

monochromatic

#143D4E #20647F #2C8AB0 #48AAD1 #79C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2C8AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2C8AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AB0

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AB0	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.103 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc7',
    500: '#2c8ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ab0;
$custom-light: #78acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59617,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AB0

secondary

#C68A72

accent

#7245E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AB0

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

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