#2D8AAD#2D8AAD

#2D8AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.100 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AAD
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -15.11, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 30.26, 240.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0673 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.1 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7104, 21.7499, 42.7918)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AAD #AD502D

analogous

#2DAD90 #2D8AAD #2D4AAD

triadic

#2D8AAD #AD2D8A #8AAD2D

tetradic

#2D8AAD #902DAD #AD502D #4AAD2D

square

#2D8AAD #902DAD #AD502D #4AAD2D

split-complementary

#2D8AAD #AD2D4A #AD902D

monochromatic

#143D4C #20637C #2D8AAD #48AACF #78C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2D8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2D8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AAD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AAD	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.100 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc5',
    500: '#2d8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8aad;
$custom-light: #78acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.406,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59501,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AAD

secondary

#C48872

accent

#7146E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AAD

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

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