#2C8EAF#2C8EAF

#2C8EAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.101 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EAF
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 175)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 18.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -16.75, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 30.41, 236.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.071 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.101 225)
XYZ	xyz(18.4464, 22.9744, 44.0114)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EAF #AF4D2C

analogous

#2CAF8F #2C8EAF #2C4CAF

triadic

#2C8EAF #AF2C8E #8EAF2C

tetradic

#2C8EAF #8F2CAF #AF4D2C #4CAF2C

square

#2C8EAF #8F2CAF #AF4D2C #4CAF2C

split-complementary

#2C8EAF #AF2C4C #AF8F2C

monochromatic

#133F4D #20667E #2C8EAF #47AED1 #78C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2C8EAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2C8EAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EAF

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EAF	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8eaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.101 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc7',
    500: '#2c8eaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8eaf;
$custom-light: #78afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8eaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6055,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.22977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EAF

secondary

#C58772

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EAF

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

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