#2C8BA4#2C8BA4

#2C8BA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BA4
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -18.82, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 28.32, 228.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0723 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.093 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9694, 21.6791, 38.4049)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BA4 #A4452C

analogous

#2CA481 #2C8BA4 #2C4FA4

triadic

#2C8BA4 #A42C8B #8BA42C

tetradic

#2C8BA4 #812CA4 #A4452C #4FA42C

square

#2C8BA4 #812CA4 #A4452C #4FA42C

split-complementary

#2C8BA4 #A42C4F #A4812C

monochromatic

#123943 #1F6274 #2C8BA4 #41AFCC #71C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2C8BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2C8BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BA4

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BA4	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbf',
    500: '#2c8ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ba4;
$custom-light: #77adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59314,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BA4

secondary

#C07D6B

accent

#6747E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BA4

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

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