#2D8A9F#2D8A9F

#2D8A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.090 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8A9F
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -19.80, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 27.45, 223.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0728 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.09 216)
XYZ	xyz(16.4260, 21.2362, 36.0275)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8A9F #9F422D

analogous

#2D9F7B #2D8A9F #2D519F

triadic

#2D8A9F #9F2D8A #8A9F2D

tetradic

#2D8A9F #7B2D9F #9F422D #519F2D

square

#2D8A9F #7B2D9F #9F422D #519F2D

split-complementary

#2D8A9F #9F2D51 #9F7B2D

monochromatic

#123740 #20616F #2D8A9F #40B0C9 #70C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2D8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2D8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8A9F

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8A9F	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.090 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acbb',
    500: '#2d8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8a9f;
$custom-light: #76acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58874,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.21238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8A9F

secondary

#BE796A

accent

#6449DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8A9F

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

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