#2D8496#2D8496

#2D8496 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.085 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8496
RGB	rgb(45, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, -19.54, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 26.01, 221.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% -0.0703 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.085 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8362, 19.2608, 31.7840)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8496 #963F2D

analogous

#2D9673 #2D8496 #2D4F96

triadic

#2D8496 #962D84 #84962D

tetradic

#2D8496 #732D96 #963F2D #4F962D

square

#2D8496 #732D96 #963F2D #4F962D

split-complementary

#2D8496 #962D4F #96732D

monochromatic

#113138 #1F5B67 #2D8496 #3CADC4 #6BC1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#2D8496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#2D8496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8496

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8496	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.085 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b4',
    500: '#2d8496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8496;
$custom-light: #74a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5698,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8496

secondary

#B97465

accent

#644BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8496

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

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