#2C8DB2#2C8DB2

#2C8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.103 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DB2
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, -15.18, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 31.31, 241.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% -0.0689 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.103 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5962, 22.7974, 45.5311)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DB2 #B2512C

analogous

#2CB294 #2C8DB2 #2C4AB2

triadic

#2C8DB2 #B22C8D #8DB22C

tetradic

#2C8DB2 #942CB2 #B2512C #4AB22C

square

#2C8DB2 #942CB2 #B2512C #4AB22C

split-complementary

#2C8DB2 #B22C4A #B2942C

monochromatic

#143F50 #206681 #2C8DB2 #49ACD2 #7AC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2C8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2C8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DB2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DB2	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.103 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec9',
    500: '#2c8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8db2;
$custom-light: #79aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60445,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DB2

secondary

#C68A73

accent

#7044E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DB2

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

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