#2C8DAC#2C8DAC

#2C8DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.099 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DAC
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -17.22, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 29.80, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0712 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.099 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0069, 22.5617, 42.4275)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DAC #AC4B2C

analogous

#2CAC8B #2C8DAC #2C4DAC

triadic

#2C8DAC #AC2C8D #8DAC2C

tetradic

#2C8DAC #8B2CAC #AC4B2C #4DAC2C

square

#2C8DAC #8B2CAC #AC4B2C #4DAC2C

split-complementary

#2C8DAC #AC2C4D #AC8B2C

monochromatic

#133D4B #20657B #2C8DAC #46AED0 #76C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2C8DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2C8DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DAC

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DAC	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)

#7B8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.099 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec4',
    500: '#2c8dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8dac;
$custom-light: #78aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.531,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60167,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DAC

secondary

#C48470

accent

#6B45E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DAC

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

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