#2D8A9E#2D8A9E

#2D8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.090 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8A9E
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -20.13, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 27.33, 222.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0732 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.09 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3396, 21.2016, 35.5723)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8A9E #9E412D

analogous

#2D9E79 #2D8A9E #2D529E

triadic

#2D8A9E #9E2D8A #8A9E2D

tetradic

#2D8A9E #792D9E #9E412D #529E2D

square

#2D8A9E #792D9E #9E412D #529E2D

split-complementary

#2D8A9E #9E2D52 #9E792D

monochromatic

#12373F #1F606E #2D8A9E #40B0C9 #6FC4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2D8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#2D8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8A9E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8A9E	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.090 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acba',
    500: '#2d8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8a9e;
$custom-light: #76acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.619,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58831,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8A9E

secondary

#BD7869

accent

#6349DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8A9E

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

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