#2C8BAE#2C8BAE

#2C8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.101 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BAE
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -15.45, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 30.50, 239.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0684 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.101 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9082, 22.0546, 43.3493)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BAE #AE4F2C

analogous

#2CAE90 #2C8BAE #2C4AAE

triadic

#2C8BAE #AE2C8B #8BAE2C

tetradic

#2C8BAE #902CAE #AE4F2C #4AAE2C

square

#2C8BAE #902CAE #AE4F2C #4AAE2C

split-complementary

#2C8BAE #AE2C4A #AE902C

monochromatic

#133D4C #20647D #2C8BAE #47ABD0 #78C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2C8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2C8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BAE

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BAE	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.101 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc6',
    500: '#2c8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8bae;
$custom-light: #78adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59767,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BAE

secondary

#C58871

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BAE

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

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