#2C8DB3#2C8DB3

#2C8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.104 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DB3
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -14.83, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 31.59, 241.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0685 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.104 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6970, 22.8377, 46.0618)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DB3 #B3522C

analogous

#2CB395 #2C8DB3 #2C49B3

triadic

#2C8DB3 #B32C8D #8DB32C

tetradic

#2C8DB3 #952CB3 #B3522C #49B32C

square

#2C8DB3 #952CB3 #B3522C #49B32C

split-complementary

#2C8DB3 #B32C49 #B3952C

monochromatic

#144051 #206682 #2C8DB3 #4AACD2 #7BC2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2C8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2C8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DB3

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DB3	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.104 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeca',
    500: '#2c8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8db3;
$custom-light: #79aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.889,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60492,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DB3

secondary

#C78B74

accent

#7144E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DB3

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

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