#2C8CAA#2C8CAA

#2C8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.097 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CAA
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -17.35, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 29.43, 233.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0709 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.097 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6695, 22.1918, 41.3746)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CAA #AA4A2C

analogous

#2CAA89 #2C8CAA #2C4DAA

triadic

#2C8CAA #AA2C8C #8CAA2C

tetradic

#2C8CAA #892CAA #AA4A2C #4DAA2C

square

#2C8CAA #892CAA #AA4A2C #4DAA2C

split-complementary

#2C8CAA #AA2C4D #AA892C

monochromatic

#133C49 #1F6479 #2C8CAA #44AECF #75C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2C8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2C8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CAA

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CAA	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.097 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc3',
    500: '#2c8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8caa;
$custom-light: #77adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5983,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CAA

secondary

#C3836F

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CAA

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

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