#2C8BE3#2C8BE3

#2C8BE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.158 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2C8BE3
RGBrgb(44, 139, 227)
HSLhsl(209, 77%, 53%)
HSVhsv(209, 81%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(80.6%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(56.63, 3.55, -52.29)
CIE-LCHlch(56.63, 52.41, 273.89°)
OKLaboklab(62.61% -0.0521 -0.1494)
OKLCHoklch(62.61% 0.158 250.8)
XYZxyz(24.1312, 24.5438, 76.1237)
Luminance0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2C8BE3 #E3842C
analogous
#2CE3DF #2C8BE3 #2C30E3
triadic
#2C8BE3 #E32C8B #8BE32C
tetradic
#2C8BE3 #DF2CE3 #E3842C #30E32C
square
#2C8BE3 #DF2CE3 #E3842C #30E32C
split-complementary
#2C8BE3 #E32C30 #E3DF2C
monochromatic
#114C83 #196CB9 #2C8BE3 #62A9EA #98C6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55
#2C8BE3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91
#2C8BE3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8BE3
5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2C8BE3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2C8BE31.003.555.915.91
#FFFFFF3.551.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9121.001.001.00
##0000005.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6091E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4380E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A0AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2c8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.158 250.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acec',
    500: '#2c8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2c8be3;
$custom-light: #82acec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2c8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.852,
    "s": 76.569,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62613,
    "c": 0.1582,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2C8BE3
secondary
#DDB48E
accent
#9035F3
background
#F8FAFE
surface
#F0F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0C1016
muted
#7D7F84

Preview Lab

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#2C8BE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva