#2C8CAE#2C8CAE

#2C8CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.100 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CAE
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -16.00, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 30.37, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0694 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.1 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0536, 22.3455, 43.3978)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CAE #AE4E2C

analogous

#2CAE8F #2C8CAE #2C4BAE

triadic

#2C8CAE #AE2C8C #8CAE2C

tetradic

#2C8CAE #8F2CAE #AE4E2C #4BAE2C

square

#2C8CAE #8F2CAE #AE4E2C #4BAE2C

split-complementary

#2C8CAE #AE2C4B #AE8F2C

monochromatic

#133D4C #20657D #2C8CAE #47ACD0 #78C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2C8CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#2C8CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CAE

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CAE	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.100 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc6',
    500: '#2c8cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8cae;
$custom-light: #78adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60013,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CAE

secondary

#C58771

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CAE

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

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