#2C8CA2#2C8CA2

#2C8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.092 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CA2
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -20.02, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 28.05, 224.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0741 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.092 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9356, 21.8983, 37.5096)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CA2 #A2422C

analogous

#2CA27D #2C8CA2 #2C51A2

triadic

#2C8CA2 #A22C8C #8CA22C

tetradic

#2C8CA2 #7D2CA2 #A2422C #51A22C

square

#2C8CA2 #7D2CA2 #A2422C #51A22C

split-complementary

#2C8CA2 #A22C51 #A27D2C

monochromatic

#123942 #1F6272 #2C8CA2 #40B1CB #70C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2C8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2C8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CA2

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CA2	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.092 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbd',
    500: '#2c8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ca2;
$custom-light: #76adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.186,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59477,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CA2

secondary

#BF7A6A

accent

#6447E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CA2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →