#2C8EB1#2C8EB1

#2C8EB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.102 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EB1
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 19.8%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -16.07, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 30.91, 238.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0703 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.102 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6443, 23.0536, 45.0536)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EB1 #B14F2C

analogous

#2CB191 #2C8EB1 #2C4CB1

triadic

#2C8EB1 #B12C8E #8EB12C

tetradic

#2C8EB1 #912CB1 #B14F2C #4CB12C

square

#2C8EB1 #912CB1 #B14F2C #4CB12C

split-complementary

#2C8EB1 #B12C4C #B1912C

monochromatic

#143F4F #206780 #2C8EB1 #49AED2 #7AC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2C8EB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#2C8EB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EB1

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EB1	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8eb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.102 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc8',
    500: '#2c8eb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8eb1;
$custom-light: #79afc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8eb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60643,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EB1

secondary

#C68973

accent

#6E44E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EB1

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

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