#2C8CBF#2C8CBF

#2C8CBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.116 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8CBF
RGB	rgb(44, 140, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 26.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -10.09, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 35.83, 253.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0633 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.116 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8170, 23.0509, 52.6849)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8CBF #BF5F2C

analogous

#2CBFA8 #2C8CBF #2C43BF

triadic

#2C8CBF #BF2C8C #8CBF2C

tetradic

#2C8CBF #A82CBF #BF5F2C #43BF2C

square

#2C8CBF #A82CBF #BF5F2C #43BF2C

split-complementary

#2C8CBF #BF2C43 #BFA82C

monochromatic

#15435C #21688D #2C8CBF #51A9D7 #83C1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2C8CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#2C8CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8CBF

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8CBF	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 140, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.116 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badd2',
    500: '#2c8cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8cbf;
$custom-light: #7badd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6084,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8CBF

secondary

#CC977B

accent

#7B42E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8CBF

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

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