#2C8BAC#2C8BAC

#2C8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.099 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BAC
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -16.13, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 29.98, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% -0.0692 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.099 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7147, 21.9772, 42.3301)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BAC #AC4D2C

analogous

#2CAC8D #2C8BAC #2C4BAC

triadic

#2C8BAC #AC2C8B #8BAC2C

tetradic

#2C8BAC #8D2CAC #AC4D2C #4BAC2C

square

#2C8BAC #8D2CAC #AC4D2C #4BAC2C

split-complementary

#2C8BAC #AC2C4B #AC8D2C

monochromatic

#133C4B #20647B #2C8BAC #46ACD0 #76C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2C8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2C8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BAC

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BAC	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.099 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc4',
    500: '#2c8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8bac;
$custom-light: #78adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.469,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59675,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BAC

secondary

#C48670

accent

#6E45E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BAC

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

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