#2C8CA9#2C8CA9

#2C8CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.097 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CA9
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -17.69, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 29.22, 232.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0713 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.097 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5753, 22.1542, 40.8783)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CA9 #A9492C

analogous

#2CA988 #2C8CA9 #2C4EA9

triadic

#2C8CA9 #A92C8C #8CA92C

tetradic

#2C8CA9 #882CA9 #A9492C #4EA92C

square

#2C8CA9 #882CA9 #A9492C #4EA92C

split-complementary

#2C8CA9 #A92C4E #A9882C

monochromatic

#133C48 #1F6478 #2C8CA9 #44AECE #74C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2C8CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2C8CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CA9

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CA9	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.097 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc2',
    500: '#2c8ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ca9;
$custom-light: #77adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.92,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59785,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CA9

secondary

#C3826E

accent

#6A46E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CA9

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

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