#2C8BDF#2C8BDF

#2C8BDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.153 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8BDF
RGB	rgb(44, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 80%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 2.08, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 50.44, 272.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0531 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.153 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5855, 24.3255, 73.2500)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8BDF #DF802C

analogous

#2CDFD9 #2C8BDF #2C32DF

triadic

#2C8BDF #DF2C8B #8BDF2C

tetradic

#2C8BDF #D92CDF #DF802C #32DF2C

square

#2C8BDF #D92CDF #DF802C #32DF2C

split-complementary

#2C8BDF #DF2C32 #DFD92C

monochromatic

#134C7E #1B6CB3 #2C8BDF #61A8E7 #96C5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#2C8BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#2C8BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BDF

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8BDF	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6390E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4780DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.153 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ace9',
    500: '#2c8bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8bdf;
$custom-light: #81ace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.156,
    "s": 73.663,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62373,
    "c": 0.15331,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8BDF

secondary

#DAB18C

accent

#8E37F0

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8BDF

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

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