#2C8CBA#2C8CBA

#2C8CBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.111 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CBA
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 186)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -11.85, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 34.02, 249.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.065 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.111 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2762, 22.8345, 49.8364)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CBA #BA5A2C

analogous

#2CBAA1 #2C8CBA #2C45BA

triadic

#2C8CBA #BA2C8C #8CBA2C

tetradic

#2C8CBA #A12CBA #BA5A2C #45BA2C

square

#2C8CBA #A12CBA #BA5A2C #45BA2C

split-complementary

#2C8CBA #BA2C45 #BAA12C

monochromatic

#154157 #206789 #2C8CBA #4EA9D5 #80C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2C8CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2C8CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CBA

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CBA	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.111 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadcf',
    500: '#2c8cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8cba;
$custom-light: #7aadcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60588,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CBA

secondary

#CA9378

accent

#7743E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CBA

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

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