#2D81A0#2D81A0

#2D81A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.092 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D81A0
RGB	rgb(45, 129, 160)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, -14.56, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 27.93, 238.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.0631 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.092 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2750, 18.7947, 36.0736)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D81A0 #A04C2D

analogous

#2DA086 #2D81A0 #2D47A0

triadic

#2D81A0 #A02D81 #81A02D

tetradic

#2D81A0 #862DA0 #A04C2D #47A02D

square

#2D81A0 #862DA0 #A04C2D #47A02D

split-complementary

#2D81A0 #A02D47 #A0862D

monochromatic

#123440 #205A70 #2D81A0 #41A5C9 #70BBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#2D81A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#2D81A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D81A0

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D81A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D81A0	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6173A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d81a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 129, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.092 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a5bc',
    500: '#2d81a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d81a0;
$custom-light: #76a5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d81a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.174,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D81A0

secondary

#BE816B

accent

#7148DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D81A0

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

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