#2C8FAE#2C8FAE

#2C8FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.100 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C8FAE
RGB	rgb(44, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -17.63, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 30.10, 234.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0724 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.1 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4980, 23.2342, 43.5459)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C8FAE #AE4B2C

analogous

#2CAE8C #2C8FAE #2C4EAE

triadic

#2C8FAE #AE2C8F #8FAE2C

tetradic

#2C8FAE #8C2CAE #AE4B2C #4EAE2C

square

#2C8FAE #8C2CAE #AE4B2C #4EAE2C

split-complementary

#2C8FAE #AE2C4E #AE8C2C

monochromatic

#133F4C #20677D #2C8FAE #47B0D0 #78C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2C8FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#2C8FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C8FAE

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C8FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C8FAE	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c8fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.100 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0c6',
    500: '#2c8fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c8fae;
$custom-light: #78b0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c8fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60751,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C8FAE

secondary

#C58571

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C8FAE

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

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