#2C8EB4#2C8EB4

#2C8EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.105 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8EB4
RGB	rgb(44, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -15.04, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 31.71, 241.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.0691 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.105 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9466, 23.1745, 46.6457)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8EB4 #B4522C

analogous

#2CB496 #2C8EB4 #2C4AB4

triadic

#2C8EB4 #B42C8E #8EB42C

tetradic

#2C8EB4 #962CB4 #B4522C #4AB42C

square

#2C8EB4 #962CB4 #B4522C #4AB42C

split-complementary

#2C8EB4 #B42C4A #B4962C

monochromatic

#144052 #206783 #2C8EB4 #4AADD3 #7CC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2C8EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#2C8EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8EB4

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8EB4	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.105 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afca',
    500: '#2c8eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8eb4;
$custom-light: #79afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60783,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8EB4

secondary

#C78C75

accent

#7144E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8EB4

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

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