#2D809E#2D809E

#2D809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.090 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D809E
RGB	rgb(45, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, -14.69, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 27.52, 237.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.0628 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.09 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9704, 18.4632, 35.1159)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D809E #9E4B2D

analogous

#2D9E83 #2D809E #2D489E

triadic

#2D809E #9E2D80 #809E2D

tetradic

#2D809E #832D9E #9E4B2D #489E2D

square

#2D809E #832D9E #9E4B2D #489E2D

split-complementary

#2D809E #9E2D48 #9E832D

monochromatic

#12333F #1F596E #2D809E #40A4C9 #6FBBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#2D809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#2D809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D809E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D809E	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60729E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.090 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a5ba',
    500: '#2d809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d809e;
$custom-light: #75a5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.929,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56331,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D809E

secondary

#BD8069

accent

#7149DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D809E

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

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