#2C8BA6#2C8BA6

#2C8BA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.095 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BA6
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -18.15, -22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 28.67, 230.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0715 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.095 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1514, 21.7519, 39.3636)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BA6 #A6472C

analogous

#2CA684 #2C8BA6 #2C4EA6

triadic

#2C8BA6 #A62C8B #8BA62C

tetradic

#2C8BA6 #842CA6 #A6472C #4EA62C

square

#2C8BA6 #842CA6 #A6472C #4EA62C

split-complementary

#2C8BA6 #A62C4E #A6842C

monochromatic

#123A45 #1F6276 #2C8BA6 #42AECD #73C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2C8BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2C8BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BA6

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BA6	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.095 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc0',
    500: '#2c8ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ba6;
$custom-light: #77adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.279,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59403,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BA6

secondary

#C17F6D

accent

#6946E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BA6

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

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