#2C8EA5#2C8EA5

#2C8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.094 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EA5
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -20.09, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 28.53, 225.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.075 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.094 217)
XYZ	xyz(17.5004, 22.5960, 39.0292)
Luminance	0.2260 (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

#2C8EA5 #A5432C

analogous

#2CA57F #2C8EA5 #2C51A5

triadic

#2C8EA5 #A52C8E #8EA52C

tetradic

#2C8EA5 #7F2CA5 #A5432C #51A52C

square

#2C8EA5 #7F2CA5 #A5432C #51A52C

split-complementary

#2C8EA5 #A52C51 #A57F2C

monochromatic

#123B44 #1F6475 #2C8EA5 #42B2CD #72C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2C8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2C8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EA5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EA5	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.094 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbf',
    500: '#2c8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ea5;
$custom-light: #77afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60106,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.22598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EA5

secondary

#C17C6C

accent

#6447E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EA5

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

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