#2C8EAA#2C8EAA

#2C8EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.097 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EAA
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, -18.43, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 29.34, 231.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.073 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.097 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9644, 22.7816, 41.4729)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EAA #AA482C

analogous

#2CAA87 #2C8EAA #2C4FAA

triadic

#2C8EAA #AA2C8E #8EAA2C

tetradic

#2C8EAA #872CAA #AA482C #4FAA2C

square

#2C8EAA #872CAA #AA482C #4FAA2C

split-complementary

#2C8EAA #AA2C4F #AA872C

monochromatic

#133D49 #1F6579 #2C8EAA #44B0CF #75C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2C8EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2C8EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EAA

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EAA	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.097 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc3',
    500: '#2c8eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8eaa;
$custom-light: #78afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60325,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EAA

secondary

#C3826F

accent

#6846E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EAA

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

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