#2C8DB6#2C8DB6

#2C8DB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.107 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DB6
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -13.80, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 32.48, 244.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0674 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.107 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0037, 22.9604, 47.6771)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DB6 #B6552C

analogous

#2CB69A #2C8DB6 #2C48B6

triadic

#2C8DB6 #B62C8D #8DB62C

tetradic

#2C8DB6 #9A2CB6 #B6552C #48B62C

square

#2C8DB6 #9A2CB6 #B6552C #48B62C

split-complementary

#2C8DB6 #B62C48 #B69A2C

monochromatic

#144153 #206785 #2C8DB6 #4CABD4 #7DC2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2C8DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#2C8DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DB6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DB6	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.107 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aecc',
    500: '#2c8db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8db6;
$custom-light: #79aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60635,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DB6

secondary

#C88E76

accent

#7344E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DB6

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

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