#2C8EB2#2C8EB2

#2C8EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.103 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EB2
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -15.73, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 31.17, 239.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0699 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.103 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7443, 23.0936, 45.5805)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EB2 #B2502C

analogous

#2CB293 #2C8EB2 #2C4BB2

triadic

#2C8EB2 #B22C8E #8EB22C

tetradic

#2C8EB2 #932CB2 #B2502C #4BB22C

square

#2C8EB2 #932CB2 #B2502C #4BB22C

split-complementary

#2C8EB2 #B22C4B #B2932C

monochromatic

#144050 #206781 #2C8EB2 #49ADD2 #7AC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2C8EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#2C8EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EB2

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EB2	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.103 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc9',
    500: '#2c8eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8eb2;
$custom-light: #79afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60689,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EB2

secondary

#C68A73

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EB2

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

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