#2C8AB1#2C8AB1

#2C8AB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.104 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AB1
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 177)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 22%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -13.86, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 31.51, 243.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0663 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.104 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0598, 21.8846, 44.8588)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AB1 #B1532C

analogous

#2CB195 #2C8AB1 #2C47B1

triadic

#2C8AB1 #B12C8A #8AB12C

tetradic

#2C8AB1 #952CB1 #B1532C #47B12C

square

#2C8AB1 #952CB1 #B1532C #47B12C

split-complementary

#2C8AB1 #B12C47 #B1952C

monochromatic

#143E4F #206480 #2C8AB1 #49A9D2 #7AC0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2C8AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2C8AB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AB1

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AB1	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.104 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc8',
    500: '#2c8ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ab1;
$custom-light: #78acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59665,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AB1

secondary

#C68B73

accent

#7344E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AB1

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

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