#2C8BAF#2C8BAF

#2C8BAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.101 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BAF
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 175)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 20.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -15.10, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 30.77, 240.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.068 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.101 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0060, 22.0937, 43.8647)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BAF #AF502C

analogous

#2CAF92 #2C8BAF #2C49AF

triadic

#2C8BAF #AF2C8B #8BAF2C

tetradic

#2C8BAF #922CAF #AF502C #49AF2C

square

#2C8BAF #922CAF #AF502C #49AF2C

split-complementary

#2C8BAF #AF2C49 #AF922C

monochromatic

#133D4D #20647E #2C8BAF #47ABD1 #78C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2C8BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2C8BAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BAF

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BAF	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.101 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc7',
    500: '#2c8baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8baf;
$custom-light: #78adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59814,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BAF

secondary

#C58972

accent

#7045E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BAF

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

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