#2C8EAB#2C8EAB

#2C8EAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.098 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EAB
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 171)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 17%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -18.10, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 29.53, 232.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0726 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.098 222)
XYZ	xyz(18.0593, 22.8196, 41.9730)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EAB #AB492C

analogous

#2CAB89 #2C8EAB #2C4EAB

triadic

#2C8EAB #AB2C8E #8EAB2C

tetradic

#2C8EAB #892CAB #AB492C #4EAB2C

square

#2C8EAB #892CAB #AB492C #4EAB2C

split-complementary

#2C8EAB #AB2C4E #AB892C

monochromatic

#133D4A #1F667A #2C8EAB #45B0CF #76C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2C8EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2C8EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EAB

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EAB	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#7D8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.098 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc4',
    500: '#2c8eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8eab;
$custom-light: #78afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.701,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60369,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.22822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EAB

secondary

#C3836F

accent

#6946E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EAB

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

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