#2C8DB1#2C8DB1

#2C8DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.102 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DB1
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, -15.52, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 31.03, 239.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0693 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.102 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4962, 22.7574, 45.0042)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DB1 #B1502C

analogous

#2CB192 #2C8DB1 #2C4AB1

triadic

#2C8DB1 #B12C8D #8DB12C

tetradic

#2C8DB1 #922CB1 #B1502C #4AB12C

square

#2C8DB1 #922CB1 #B1502C #4AB12C

split-complementary

#2C8DB1 #B12C4A #B1922C

monochromatic

#143F4F #206680 #2C8DB1 #49ADD2 #7AC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2C8DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2C8DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DB1

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DB1	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.102 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec8',
    500: '#2c8db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8db1;
$custom-light: #79aec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60398,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DB1

secondary

#C68973

accent

#6F44E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DB1

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

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