#2C8EA4#2C8EA4

#2C8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.093 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EA4
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -20.42, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 28.40, 224.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0754 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.093 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4097, 22.5598, 38.5517)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EA4 #A4422C

analogous

#2CA47E #2C8EA4 #2C52A4

triadic

#2C8EA4 #A42C8E #8EA42C

tetradic

#2C8EA4 #7E2CA4 #A4422C #52A42C

square

#2C8EA4 #7E2CA4 #A4422C #52A42C

split-complementary

#2C8EA4 #A42C52 #A47E2C

monochromatic

#123A43 #1F6474 #2C8EA4 #41B3CC #71C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2C8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2C8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EA4

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EA4	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)

#7F8AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.093 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbf',
    500: '#2c8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ea4;
$custom-light: #77afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60063,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EA4

secondary

#C07B6B

accent

#6347E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EA4

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

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