#2D8A9D#2D8A9D

#2D8A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.089 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8A9D
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -20.45, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 27.22, 221.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0737 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.089 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2539, 21.1673, 35.1208)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8A9D #9D402D

analogous

#2D9D78 #2D8A9D #2D529D

triadic

#2D8A9D #9D2D8A #8A9D2D

tetradic

#2D8A9D #782D9D #9D402D #529D2D

square

#2D8A9D #782D9D #9D402D #529D2D

split-complementary

#2D8A9D #9D2D52 #9D782D

monochromatic

#12363E #1F606D #2D8A9D #3FB1C8 #6FC4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2D8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2D8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8A9D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8A9D	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.089 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acba',
    500: '#2d8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8a9d;
$custom-light: #76acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.179,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58789,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8A9D

secondary

#BD7769

accent

#6249DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8A9D

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

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