#2C8DB5#2C8DB5

#2C8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.106 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DB5
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -14.14, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 32.18, 243.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0678 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.106 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9007, 22.9192, 47.1348)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DB5 #B5542C

analogous

#2CB599 #2C8DB5 #2C49B5

triadic

#2C8DB5 #B52C8D #8DB52C

tetradic

#2C8DB5 #992CB5 #B5542C #49B52C

square

#2C8DB5 #992CB5 #B5542C #49B52C

split-complementary

#2C8DB5 #B52C49 #B5992C

monochromatic

#144053 #206784 #2C8DB5 #4BABD3 #7CC2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2C8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2C8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DB5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DB5	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.106 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aecb',
    500: '#2c8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8db5;
$custom-light: #79aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60587,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DB5

secondary

#C88D75

accent

#7344E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DB5

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

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