#2C8CB2#2C8CB2

#2C8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.104 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CB2
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, -14.63, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 31.46, 242.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0679 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.104 229)
XYZ	xyz(18.4494, 22.5038, 45.4822)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CB2 #B2522C

analogous

#2CB295 #2C8CB2 #2C49B2

triadic

#2C8CB2 #B22C8C #8CB22C

tetradic

#2C8CB2 #952CB2 #B2522C #49B22C

square

#2C8CB2 #952CB2 #B2522C #49B22C

split-complementary

#2C8CB2 #B22C49 #B2952C

monochromatic

#143F50 #206581 #2C8CB2 #49ABD2 #7AC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2C8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2C8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CB2

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CB2	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.104 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc9',
    500: '#2c8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8cb2;
$custom-light: #79adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.602,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.22506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CB2

secondary

#C68B73

accent

#7144E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CB2

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

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