#2C8EA2#2C8EA2

#2C8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.092 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EA2
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -21.08, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 28.18, 221.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0762 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.092 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2305, 22.4881, 37.6079)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EA2 #A2402C

analogous

#2CA27B #2C8EA2 #2C53A2

triadic

#2C8EA2 #A22C8E #8EA22C

tetradic

#2C8EA2 #7B2CA2 #A2402C #53A22C

square

#2C8EA2 #7B2CA2 #A2402C #53A22C

split-complementary

#2C8EA2 #A22C53 #A27B2C

monochromatic

#123A42 #1F6472 #2C8EA2 #40B4CB #70C7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2C8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2C8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EA2

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EA2	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.092 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbd',
    500: '#2c8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ea2;
$custom-light: #77afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59978,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EA2

secondary

#BF796A

accent

#6147E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EA2

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

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