#2C8CA3#2C8CA3

#2C8CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.093 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CA3
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -19.69, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 28.19, 225.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.0737 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.093 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0249, 21.9340, 37.9796)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CA3 #A3432C

analogous

#2CA37F #2C8CA3 #2C50A3

triadic

#2C8CA3 #A32C8C #8CA32C

tetradic

#2C8CA3 #7F2CA3 #A3432C #50A32C

square

#2C8CA3 #7F2CA3 #A3432C #50A32C

split-complementary

#2C8CA3 #A32C50 #A37F2C

monochromatic

#123943 #1F6373 #2C8CA3 #41B1CC #71C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2C8CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2C8CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CA3

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CA3	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.093 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbe',
    500: '#2c8ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ca3;
$custom-light: #76adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.597,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5952,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CA3

secondary

#C07B6B

accent

#6547E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CA3

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

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