#2C8EA6#2C8EA6

#2C8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.094 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EA6
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -19.76, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 28.67, 226.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0746 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.094 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5918, 22.6326, 39.5104)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EA6 #A6442C

analogous

#2CA681 #2C8EA6 #2C51A6

triadic

#2C8EA6 #A62C8E #8EA62C

tetradic

#2C8EA6 #812CA6 #A6442C #51A62C

square

#2C8EA6 #812CA6 #A6442C #51A62C

split-complementary

#2C8EA6 #A62C51 #A6812C

monochromatic

#123B45 #1F6576 #2C8EA6 #42B2CD #73C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2C8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2C8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EA6

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EA6	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.094 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc0',
    500: '#2c8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ea6;
$custom-light: #77afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60149,
    "c": 0.09445,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EA6

secondary

#C17D6D

accent

#6546E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EA6

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

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