#2C8EA3#2C8EA3

#2C8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.093 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EA3
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -20.75, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 28.28, 222.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0758 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.093 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3198, 22.5238, 38.0779)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EA3 #A3412C

analogous

#2CA37C #2C8EA3 #2C52A3

triadic

#2C8EA3 #A32C8E #8EA32C

tetradic

#2C8EA3 #7C2CA3 #A3412C #52A32C

square

#2C8EA3 #7C2CA3 #A3412C #52A32C

split-complementary

#2C8EA3 #A32C52 #A37C2C

monochromatic

#123A43 #1F6473 #2C8EA3 #41B3CC #71C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2C8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2C8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EA3

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EA3	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.093 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbe',
    500: '#2c8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ea3;
$custom-light: #77afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6002,
    "c": 0.09282,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EA3

secondary

#C07A6B

accent

#6247E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EA3

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

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