#2D8AAB#2D8AAB

#2D8AAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.098 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AAB
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -15.79, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 29.74, 237.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.0681 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.098 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5183, 21.6731, 41.7802)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AAB #AB4E2D

analogous

#2DAB8D #2D8AAB #2D4BAB

triadic

#2D8AAB #AB2D8A #8AAB2D

tetradic

#2D8AAB #8D2DAB #AB4E2D #4BAB2D

square

#2D8AAB #8D2DAB #AB4E2D #4BAB2D

split-complementary

#2D8AAB #AB2D4B #AB8D2D

monochromatic

#143C4A #20637B #2D8AAB #47ABCE #77C1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2D8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#2D8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AAB

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AAB	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.098 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc4',
    500: '#2d8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8aab;
$custom-light: #78acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59408,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AAB

secondary

#C38671

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AAB

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

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