#2C8EA8#2C8EA8

#2C8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.096 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EA8
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -19.10, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 28.98, 228.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0738 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.096 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7766, 22.7065, 40.4841)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EA8 #A8462C

analogous

#2CA884 #2C8EA8 #2C50A8

triadic

#2C8EA8 #A82C8E #8EA82C

tetradic

#2C8EA8 #842CA8 #A8462C #50A82C

square

#2C8EA8 #842CA8 #A8462C #50A82C

split-complementary

#2C8EA8 #A82C50 #A8842C

monochromatic

#133C47 #1F6578 #2C8EA8 #43B1CE #74C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2C8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2C8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EA8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EA8	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.096 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc2',
    500: '#2c8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ea8;
$custom-light: #77afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.581,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60236,
    "c": 0.09565,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EA8

secondary

#C27F6E

accent

#6746E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EA8

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

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