#2C8BB1#2C8BB1

#2C8BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.103 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BB1
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -14.42, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 31.33, 242.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0673 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.103 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2039, 22.1729, 44.9068)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BB1 #B1522C

analogous

#2CB194 #2C8BB1 #2C48B1

triadic

#2C8BB1 #B12C8B #8BB12C

tetradic

#2C8BB1 #942CB1 #B1522C #48B12C

square

#2C8BB1 #942CB1 #B1522C #48B12C

split-complementary

#2C8BB1 #B12C48 #B1942C

monochromatic

#143E4F #206580 #2C8BB1 #49AAD2 #7AC1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2C8BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2C8BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BB1

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BB1	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.103 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc8',
    500: '#2c8bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8bb1;
$custom-light: #78adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59909,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BB1

secondary

#C68B73

accent

#7244E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BB1

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

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