#2C8CAC#2C8CAC

#2C8CAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.099 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CAC
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -16.68, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 29.88, 236.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0702 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.099 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8601, 22.2681, 42.3786)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CAC #AC4C2C

analogous

#2CAC8C #2C8CAC #2C4CAC

triadic

#2C8CAC #AC2C8C #8CAC2C

tetradic

#2C8CAC #8C2CAC #AC4C2C #4CAC2C

square

#2C8CAC #8C2CAC #AC4C2C #4CAC2C

split-complementary

#2C8CAC #AC2C4C #AC8C2C

monochromatic

#133D4B #20647B #2C8CAC #46ADD0 #76C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2C8CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#2C8CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CAC

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CAC	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.099 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc4',
    500: '#2c8cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8cac;
$custom-light: #78adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59921,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CAC

secondary

#C48570

accent

#6D45E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CAC

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

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