#2C8EB3#2C8EB3

#2C8EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.104 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EB3
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -15.38, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 31.44, 240.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.0695 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.104 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8451, 23.1339, 46.1112)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EB3 #B3512C

analogous

#2CB394 #2C8EB3 #2C4BB3

triadic

#2C8EB3 #B32C8E #8EB32C

tetradic

#2C8EB3 #942CB3 #B3512C #4BB32C

square

#2C8EB3 #942CB3 #B3512C #4BB32C

split-complementary

#2C8EB3 #B32C4B #B3942C

monochromatic

#144051 #206782 #2C8EB3 #4AADD2 #7BC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2C8EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#2C8EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EB3

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EB3	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.104 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afca',
    500: '#2c8eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8eb3;
$custom-light: #79afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60736,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EB3

secondary

#C78B74

accent

#7044E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EB3

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

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