#2C8BAB#2C8BAB

#2C8BAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.098 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BAB
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 171)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -16.47, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 29.74, 236.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0695 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.098 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6190, 21.9389, 41.8262)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BAB #AB4C2C

analogous

#2CAB8C #2C8BAB #2C4CAB

triadic

#2C8BAB #AB2C8B #8BAB2C

tetradic

#2C8BAB #8C2CAB #AB4C2C #4CAB2C

square

#2C8BAB #8C2CAB #AB4C2C #4CAB2C

split-complementary

#2C8BAB #AB2C4C #AB8C2C

monochromatic

#133C4A #1F637A #2C8BAB #45ACCF #76C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2C8BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2C8BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BAB

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BAB	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.098 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc4',
    500: '#2c8bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8bab;
$custom-light: #78adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.118,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59629,
    "c": 0.09822,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BAB

secondary

#C3856F

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BAB

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

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