#2C8BAA#2C8BAA

#2C8BAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.097 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BAA
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 170)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -16.81, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 29.51, 235.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0699 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.097 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5240, 21.9009, 41.3261)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BAA #AA4B2C

analogous

#2CAA8A #2C8BAA #2C4CAA

triadic

#2C8BAA #AA2C8B #8BAA2C

tetradic

#2C8BAA #8A2CAA #AA4B2C #4CAA2C

square

#2C8BAA #8A2CAA #AA4B2C #4CAA2C

split-complementary

#2C8BAA #AA2C4C #AA8A2C

monochromatic

#133B49 #1F6379 #2C8BAA #44ADCF #75C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2C8BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2C8BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BAA

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BAA	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.097 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc3',
    500: '#2c8baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8baa;
$custom-light: #77adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.762,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59583,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BAA

secondary

#C3846F

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BAA

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

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