#2C8CAF#2C8CAF

#2C8CAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.101 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CAF
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 175)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 20%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -15.65, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 30.63, 239.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.069 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.101 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1515, 22.3846, 43.9131)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CAF #AF4F2C

analogous

#2CAF91 #2C8CAF #2C4AAF

triadic

#2C8CAF #AF2C8C #8CAF2C

tetradic

#2C8CAF #912CAF #AF4F2C #4AAF2C

square

#2C8CAF #912CAF #AF4F2C #4AAF2C

split-complementary

#2C8CAF #AF2C4A #AF912C

monochromatic

#133E4D #20657E #2C8CAF #47ACD1 #78C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2C8CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2C8CAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CAF

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CAF	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.101 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc7',
    500: '#2c8caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8caf;
$custom-light: #78adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CAF

secondary

#C58872

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CAF

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

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