#2D8AAC#2D8AAC

#2D8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.099 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AAC
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, -15.45, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 30.00, 239.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.0677 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.099 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6140, 21.7113, 42.2841)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AAC #AC4F2D

analogous

#2DAC8E #2D8AAC #2D4BAC

triadic

#2D8AAC #AC2D8A #8AAC2D

tetradic

#2D8AAC #8E2DAC #AC4F2D #4BAC2D

square

#2D8AAC #8E2DAC #AC4F2D #4BAC2D

split-complementary

#2D8AAC #AC2D4B #AC8E2D

monochromatic

#143C4B #20637B #2D8AAC #47ABCF #78C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2D8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2D8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AAC

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AAC	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.099 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc4',
    500: '#2d8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8aac;
$custom-light: #78acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.063,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59455,
    "c": 0.09887,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AAC

secondary

#C48771

accent

#7046E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AAC

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

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