#2CB8D4#2CB8D4

#2CB8D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB8D4
RGB	rgb(44, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -26.42, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 35.96, 222.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0971 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.119 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0577, 39.5662, 68.3274)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB8D4 #D4482C

analogous

#2CD49C #2CB8D4 #2C64D4

triadic

#2CB8D4 #D42CB8 #B8D42C

tetradic

#2CB8D4 #9C2CD4 #D4482C #64D42C

square

#2CB8D4 #9C2CD4 #D4482C #64D42C

split-complementary

#2CB8D4 #D42C64 #D49C2C

monochromatic

#17606F #218CA2 #2CB8D4 #5FC9DE #92DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#2CB8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#2CB8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB8D4

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB8D4	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cde1',
    500: '#2cb8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb8d4;
$custom-light: #81cde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72362,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB8D4

secondary

#D39588

accent

#5B3FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB8D4

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

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