#2C8EAE#2C8EAE

#2C8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.100 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EAE
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -17.09, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 30.18, 235.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0714 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.1 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3485, 22.9353, 43.4961)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EAE #AE4C2C

analogous

#2CAE8D #2C8EAE #2C4DAE

triadic

#2C8EAE #AE2C8E #8EAE2C

tetradic

#2C8EAE #8D2CAE #AE4C2C #4DAE2C

square

#2C8EAE #8D2CAE #AE4C2C #4DAE2C

split-complementary

#2C8EAE #AE2C4D #AE8D2C

monochromatic

#133E4C #20667D #2C8EAE #47AFD0 #78C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2C8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#2C8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EAE

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EAE	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.100 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc6',
    500: '#2c8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8eae;
$custom-light: #78afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60505,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EAE

secondary

#C58671

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EAE

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

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