#2C8BAD#2C8BAD

#2C8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.100 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BAD
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -15.79, -25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 30.23, 238.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0688 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.1 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8111, 22.0157, 42.8378)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BAD #AD4E2C

analogous

#2CAD8F #2C8BAD #2C4AAD

triadic

#2C8BAD #AD2C8B #8BAD2C

tetradic

#2C8BAD #8F2CAD #AD4E2C #4AAD2C

square

#2C8BAD #8F2CAD #AD4E2C #4AAD2C

split-complementary

#2C8BAD #AD2C4A #AD8F2C

monochromatic

#133D4B #20647C #2C8BAD #46ACD0 #77C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2C8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2C8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BAD

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BAD	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)

#7988AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.100 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc5',
    500: '#2c8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8bad;
$custom-light: #78adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59721,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BAD

secondary

#C48771

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BAD

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

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