#2C8CA6#2C8CA6

#2C8CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.095 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CA6
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -18.69, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 28.66, 229.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0725 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.095 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2969, 22.0428, 39.4121)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CA6 #A6462C

analogous

#2CA683 #2C8CA6 #2C4FA6

triadic

#2C8CA6 #A62C8C #8CA62C

tetradic

#2C8CA6 #832CA6 #A6462C #4FA62C

square

#2C8CA6 #832CA6 #A6462C #4FA62C

split-complementary

#2C8CA6 #A62C4F #A6832C

monochromatic

#123A45 #1F6376 #2C8CA6 #42AFCD #73C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2C8CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2C8CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CA6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CA6	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.095 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc0',
    500: '#2c8ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ca6;
$custom-light: #77adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.787,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59651,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CA6

secondary

#C17F6D

accent

#6746E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CA6

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

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