#2C8DCE#2C8DCE

#2C8DCE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.131 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8DCE
RGB	rgb(44, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 79%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -5.30, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 41.64, 262.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0595 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.131 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6998, 24.0388, 61.8768)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8DCE #CE6D2C

analogous

#2CCEBE #2C8DCE #2C3CCE

triadic

#2C8DCE #CE2C8D #8DCE2C

tetradic

#2C8DCE #BE2CCE #CE6D2C #3CCE2C

square

#2C8DCE #BE2CCE #CE6D2C #3CCE2C

split-complementary

#2C8DCE #CE2C3C #CEBE2C

monochromatic

#164869 #216A9C #2C8DCE #5BA8DC #8EC3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#2C8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#2C8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8DCE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8DCE	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.131 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaedd',
    500: '#2c8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8dce;
$custom-light: #7eaedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.074,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61865,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8DCE

secondary

#D1A385

accent

#8340E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8DCE

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

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