#2C8DAA#2C8DAA

#2C8DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.097 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DAA
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -17.89, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 29.38, 232.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0719 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.097 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8163, 22.4854, 41.4236)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DAA #AA492C

analogous

#2CAA88 #2C8DAA #2C4EAA

triadic

#2C8DAA #AA2C8D #8DAA2C

tetradic

#2C8DAA #882CAA #AA492C #4EAA2C

square

#2C8DAA #882CAA #AA492C #4EAA2C

split-complementary

#2C8DAA #AA2C4E #AA882C

monochromatic

#133C49 #1F6579 #2C8DAA #44AFCF #75C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2C8DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2C8DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DAA

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DAA	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.097 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec3',
    500: '#2c8daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8daa;
$custom-light: #78aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.81,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60077,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DAA

secondary

#C3826F

accent

#6A46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DAA

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

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