#2C8CBC#2C8CBC

#2C8CBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.113 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CBC
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -11.14, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 34.73, 251.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0643 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.113 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4903, 22.9202, 50.9640)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CBC #BC5C2C

analogous

#2CBCA4 #2C8CBC #2C44BC

triadic

#2C8CBC #BC2C8C #8CBC2C

tetradic

#2C8CBC #A42CBC #BC5C2C #44BC2C

square

#2C8CBC #A42CBC #BC5C2C #44BC2C

split-complementary

#2C8CBC #BC2C44 #BCA42C

monochromatic

#154259 #20678A #2C8CBC #4FA9D6 #81C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2C8CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2C8CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CBC

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CBC	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.113 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadd0',
    500: '#2c8cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8cbc;
$custom-light: #7aadd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60688,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CBC

secondary

#CA9479

accent

#7943E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CBC

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

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