#2C8ABD#2C8ABD

#2C8ABD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.115 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8ABD
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 27%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -9.66, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 35.66, 254.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0621 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.115 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3088, 22.3843, 51.4372)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8ABD #BD5F2C

analogous

#2CBDA7 #2C8ABD #2C42BD

triadic

#2C8ABD #BD2C8A #8ABD2C

tetradic

#2C8ABD #A72CBD #BD5F2C #42BD2C

square

#2C8ABD #A72CBD #BD5F2C #42BD2C

split-complementary

#2C8ABD #BD2C42 #BDA72C

monochromatic

#15425A #20668B #2C8ABD #50A7D6 #82C0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2C8ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2C8ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8ABD

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8ABD	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.115 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacd1',
    500: '#2c8abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8abd;
$custom-light: #7aacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.103,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60259,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8ABD

secondary

#CB967A

accent

#7C42E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8ABD

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

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