#2C8AE3#2C8AE3

#2C8AE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.159 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8AE3
RGB	rgb(44, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(209, 77%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 4.15, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 52.90, 274.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0513 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.159 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9870, 24.2555, 76.0757)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8AE3 #E3852C

analogous

#2CE3E0 #2C8AE3 #2C2EE3

triadic

#2C8AE3 #E32C8A #8AE32C

tetradic

#2C8AE3 #E02CE3 #E3852C #2EE32C

square

#2C8AE3 #E02CE3 #E3852C #2EE32C

split-complementary

#2C8AE3 #E32C2E #E3E02C

monochromatic

#114C83 #196BB9 #2C8AE3 #62A8EA #98C6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#2C8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#2C8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8AE3

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8AE3	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F90E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.159 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abec',
    500: '#2c8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ae3;
$custom-light: #82abec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.18,
    "s": 76.569,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6239,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8AE3

secondary

#DDB48E

accent

#9135F3

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8AE3

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

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