#2C8DA3#2C8DA3

#2C8DA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.093 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DA3
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 163)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 13.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -20.22, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 28.23, 224.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0748 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.093 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1717, 22.2276, 38.0286)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DA3 #A3422C

analogous

#2CA37D #2C8DA3 #2C52A3

triadic

#2C8DA3 #A32C8D #8DA32C

tetradic

#2C8DA3 #7D2CA3 #A3422C #52A32C

square

#2C8DA3 #7D2CA3 #A3422C #52A32C

split-complementary

#2C8DA3 #A32C52 #A37D2C

monochromatic

#123A43 #1F6373 #2C8DA3 #41B2CC #71C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2C8DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#2C8DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DA3

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DA3	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.093 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aebe',
    500: '#2c8da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8da3;
$custom-light: #77aebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5977,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DA3

secondary

#C07B6B

accent

#6347E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DA3

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

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