#2C8BC7#2C8BC7

#2C8BC7 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.125 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BC7
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -6.66, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 39.38, 260.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% -0.0598 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.125 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5761, 23.1218, 57.4003)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BC7 #C7682C

analogous

#2CC7B6 #2C8BC7 #2C3DC7

triadic

#2C8BC7 #C72C8B #8BC72C

tetradic

#2C8BC7 #B62CC7 #C7682C #3DC72C

square

#2C8BC7 #B62CC7 #C7682C #3DC72C

split-complementary

#2C8BC7 #C72C3D #C7B62C

monochromatic

#164563 #216895 #2C8BC7 #56A7DA #89C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2C8BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#2C8BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BC7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BC7	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.125 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacd8',
    500: '#2c8bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8bc7;
$custom-light: #7cacd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6102,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BC7

secondary

#CF9F80

accent

#8141E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BC7

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

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