#2C8AB3#2C8AB3

#2C8AB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.105 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AB3
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 179)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -13.17, -29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 32.13, 245.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% -0.0656 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.105 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2606, 21.9649, 45.9163)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AB3 #B3552C

analogous

#2CB398 #2C8AB3 #2C46B3

triadic

#2C8AB3 #B32C8A #8AB32C

tetradic

#2C8AB3 #982CB3 #B3552C #46B32C

square

#2C8AB3 #982CB3 #B3552C #46B32C

split-complementary

#2C8AB3 #B32C46 #B3982C

monochromatic

#143E51 #206482 #2C8AB3 #4AA9D2 #7BC0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2C8AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2C8AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AB3

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AB3	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7588B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.105 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acca',
    500: '#2c8ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ab3;
$custom-light: #79acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.222,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59761,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AB3

secondary

#C78D74

accent

#7544E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AB3

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

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