#2C8CA5#2C8CA5

#2C8CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.094 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CA5
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -19.03, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 28.49, 228.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% -0.0729 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.094 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2055, 22.0062, 38.9309)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CA5 #A5452C

analogous

#2CA581 #2C8CA5 #2C4FA5

triadic

#2C8CA5 #A52C8C #8CA52C

tetradic

#2C8CA5 #812CA5 #A5452C #4FA52C

square

#2C8CA5 #812CA5 #A5452C #4FA52C

split-complementary

#2C8CA5 #A52C4F #A5812C

monochromatic

#123A44 #1F6375 #2C8CA5 #42B0CD #72C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2C8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2C8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CA5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CA5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.094 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbf',
    500: '#2c8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ca5;
$custom-light: #77adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.397,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59607,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CA5

secondary

#C17E6C

accent

#6747E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CA5

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

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