#2C8CA1#2C8CA1

#2C8CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.092 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CA1
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -20.35, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 27.93, 223.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0746 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.092 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8471, 21.8629, 37.0434)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CA1 #A1412C

analogous

#2CA17B #2C8CA1 #2C52A1

triadic

#2C8CA1 #A12C8C #8CA12C

tetradic

#2C8CA1 #7B2CA1 #A1412C #52A12C

square

#2C8CA1 #7B2CA1 #A1412C #52A12C

split-complementary

#2C8CA1 #A12C52 #A17B2C

monochromatic

#123841 #1F6271 #2C8CA1 #40B2CB #70C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2C8CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2C8CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CA1

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CA1	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)

#7E88A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.092 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbc',
    500: '#2c8ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ca1;
$custom-light: #76adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59434,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CA1

secondary

#BF796A

accent

#6347E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CA1

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

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