#2C8CB5#2C8CB5

#2C8CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.106 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CB5
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -13.59, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 32.36, 245.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0668 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.106 231)
XYZ	xyz(18.7539, 22.6256, 47.0859)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CB5 #B5552C

analogous

#2CB59A #2C8CB5 #2C48B5

triadic

#2C8CB5 #B52C8C #8CB52C

tetradic

#2C8CB5 #9A2CB5 #B5552C #48B52C

square

#2C8CB5 #9A2CB5 #B5552C #48B52C

split-complementary

#2C8CB5 #B52C48 #B59A2C

monochromatic

#144053 #206684 #2C8CB5 #4BAAD3 #7CC2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2C8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2C8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CB5

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CB5	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.106 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adcb',
    500: '#2c8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8cb5;
$custom-light: #79adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.956,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60344,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.22628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CB5

secondary

#C88E75

accent

#7444E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CB5

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

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