#2C8DAE#2C8DAE

#2C8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.100 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DAE
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, -16.54, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 30.27, 236.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0704 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.1 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2004, 22.6391, 43.4467)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DAE #AE4D2C

analogous

#2CAE8E #2C8DAE #2C4CAE

triadic

#2C8DAE #AE2C8D #8DAE2C

tetradic

#2C8DAE #8E2CAE #AE4D2C #4CAE2C

square

#2C8DAE #8E2CAE #AE4D2C #4CAE2C

split-complementary

#2C8DAE #AE2C4C #AE8E2C

monochromatic

#133E4C #20657D #2C8DAE #47ADD0 #78C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2C8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2C8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DAE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DAE	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.100 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec6',
    500: '#2c8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8dae;
$custom-light: #78aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.231,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60259,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DAE

secondary

#C58671

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DAE

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

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