#2C8BA9#2C8BA9

#2C8BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.097 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BA9
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -17.15, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 29.28, 234.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0703 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.097 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4298, 21.8632, 40.8298)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BA9 #A94A2C

analogous

#2CA989 #2C8BA9 #2C4DA9

triadic

#2C8BA9 #A92C8B #8BA92C

tetradic

#2C8BA9 #892CA9 #A94A2C #4DA92C

square

#2C8BA9 #892CA9 #A94A2C #4DA92C

split-complementary

#2C8BA9 #A92C4D #A9892C

monochromatic

#133B48 #1F6378 #2C8BA9 #44ADCE #74C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2C8BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2C8BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BA9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BA9	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.097 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc2',
    500: '#2c8ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ba9;
$custom-light: #77adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59537,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BA9

secondary

#C3826E

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BA9

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

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