#2C8CB1#2C8CB1

#2C8CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.103 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CB1
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -14.97, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 31.18, 241.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0683 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.103 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3494, 22.4638, 44.9553)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CB1 #B1512C

analogous

#2CB193 #2C8CB1 #2C49B1

triadic

#2C8CB1 #B12C8C #8CB12C

tetradic

#2C8CB1 #932CB1 #B1512C #49B12C

square

#2C8CB1 #932CB1 #B1512C #49B12C

split-complementary

#2C8CB1 #B12C49 #B1932C

monochromatic

#143E4F #206580 #2C8CB1 #49ACD2 #7AC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2C8CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#2C8CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CB1

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CB1	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.103 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc8',
    500: '#2c8cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8cb1;
$custom-light: #79adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60153,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CB1

secondary

#C68A73

accent

#7144E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CB1

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

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