#2C8DAB#2C8DAB

#2C8DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.098 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DAB
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -17.56, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 29.59, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0716 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.098 223)
XYZ	xyz(17.9112, 22.5234, 41.9236)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DAB #AB4A2C

analogous

#2CAB8A #2C8DAB #2C4EAB

triadic

#2C8DAB #AB2C8D #8DAB2C

tetradic

#2C8DAB #8A2CAB #AB4A2C #4EAB2C

square

#2C8DAB #8A2CAB #AB4A2C #4EAB2C

split-complementary

#2C8DAB #AB2C4E #AB8A2C

monochromatic

#133D4A #1F657A #2C8DAB #45AFCF #76C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2C8DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2C8DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DAB

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DAB	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.098 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec4',
    500: '#2c8dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8dab;
$custom-light: #78aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.173,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60122,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.22525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DAB

secondary

#C3836F

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DAB

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

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