#2C8CA4#2C8CA4

#2C8CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.093 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CA4
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -19.36, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 28.33, 226.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0733 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.093 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1148, 21.9700, 38.4534)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CA4 #A4442C

analogous

#2CA480 #2C8CA4 #2C50A4

triadic

#2C8CA4 #A42C8C #8CA42C

tetradic

#2C8CA4 #802CA4 #A4442C #50A42C

square

#2C8CA4 #802CA4 #A4442C #50A42C

split-complementary

#2C8CA4 #A42C50 #A4802C

monochromatic

#123A43 #1F6374 #2C8CA4 #41B0CC #71C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2C8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2C8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CA4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CA4	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#7D88A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.093 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbf',
    500: '#2c8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ca4;
$custom-light: #77adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59564,
    "c": 0.09333,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CA4

secondary

#C07C6B

accent

#6647E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CA4

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

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