#2C8DAD#2C8DAD

#2C8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.099 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DAD
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -16.88, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 30.03, 235.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.0708 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.099 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1033, 22.6002, 42.9352)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DAD #AD4C2C

analogous

#2CAD8D #2C8DAD #2C4CAD

triadic

#2C8DAD #AD2C8D #8DAD2C

tetradic

#2C8DAD #8D2CAD #AD4C2C #4CAD2C

square

#2C8DAD #8D2CAD #AD4C2C #4CAD2C

split-complementary

#2C8DAD #AD2C4C #AD8D2C

monochromatic

#133D4B #20657C #2C8DAD #46AED0 #77C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2C8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2C8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DAD

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DAD	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.099 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec5',
    500: '#2c8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8dad;
$custom-light: #78aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.884,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60213,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DAD

secondary

#C48571

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DAD

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

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