#2C8EAD#2C8EAD

#2C8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.099 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EAD
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -17.42, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 29.95, 234.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.0718 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.099 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2514, 22.8965, 42.9846)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EAD #AD4B2C

analogous

#2CAD8C #2C8EAD #2C4DAD

triadic

#2C8EAD #AD2C8E #8EAD2C

tetradic

#2C8EAD #8C2CAD #AD4B2C #4DAD2C

square

#2C8EAD #8C2CAD #AD4B2C #4DAD2C

split-complementary

#2C8EAD #AD2C4D #AD8C2C

monochromatic

#133E4B #20667C #2C8EAD #46AFD0 #77C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2C8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2C8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EAD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EAD	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.099 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc5',
    500: '#2c8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8ead;
$custom-light: #78afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.419,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60459,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EAD

secondary

#C48571

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EAD

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

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