#2C8CA0#2C8CA0

#2C8CA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.091 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CA0
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -20.67, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 27.82, 222.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.075 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.091 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7593, 21.8278, 36.5808)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CA0 #A0402C

analogous

#2CA07A #2C8CA0 #2C52A0

triadic

#2C8CA0 #A02C8C #8CA02C

tetradic

#2C8CA0 #7A2CA0 #A0402C #52A02C

square

#2C8CA0 #7A2CA0 #A0402C #52A02C

split-complementary

#2C8CA0 #A02C52 #A07A2C

monochromatic

#123840 #1F6270 #2C8CA0 #3FB2CA #6FC5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2C8CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2C8CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CA0

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CA0	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E87A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.091 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbc',
    500: '#2c8ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ca0;
$custom-light: #76adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59392,
    "c": 0.09117,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CA0

secondary

#BF7869

accent

#6248E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CA0

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

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