#2C8BB6#2C8BB6

#2C8BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.108 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BB6
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -12.68, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 32.89, 247.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0655 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.108 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7114, 22.3759, 47.5797)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BB6 #B6572C

analogous

#2CB69C #2C8BB6 #2C46B6

triadic

#2C8BB6 #B62C8B #8BB62C

tetradic

#2C8BB6 #9C2CB6 #B6572C #46B62C

square

#2C8BB6 #9C2CB6 #B6572C #46B62C

split-complementary

#2C8BB6 #B62C46 #B69C2C

monochromatic

#144053 #206585 #2C8BB6 #4CA9D4 #7DC1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2C8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2C8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BB6

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BB6	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.108 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79accc',
    500: '#2c8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8bb6;
$custom-light: #79accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6015,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BB6

secondary

#C88F76

accent

#7644E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BB6

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

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