#2D8AA5#2D8AA5

#2D8AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.094 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AA5
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -17.81, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 28.40, 231.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% -0.0704 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.094 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9594, 21.4495, 38.8364)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AA5 #A5482D

analogous

#2DA584 #2D8AA5 #2D4EA5

triadic

#2D8AA5 #A52D8A #8AA52D

tetradic

#2D8AA5 #842DA5 #A5482D #4EA52D

square

#2D8AA5 #842DA5 #A5482D #4EA52D

split-complementary

#2D8AA5 #A52D4E #A5842D

monochromatic

#133A45 #206275 #2D8AA5 #43ADCC #73C2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2D8AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2D8AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AA5

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AA5	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.094 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acbf',
    500: '#2d8aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8aa5;
$custom-light: #77acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59136,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AA5

secondary

#C1806D

accent

#6A47E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AA5

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

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