#2D8AAE#2D8AAE

#2D8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.101 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AAE
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -14.77, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 30.54, 241.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0669 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.101 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8075, 21.7888, 43.3033)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AAE #AE512D

analogous

#2DAE91 #2D8AAE #2D4AAE

triadic

#2D8AAE #AE2D8A #8AAE2D

tetradic

#2D8AAE #912DAE #AE512D #4AAE2D

square

#2D8AAE #912DAE #AE512D #4AAE2D

split-complementary

#2D8AAE #AE2D4A #AE912D

monochromatic

#143D4D #20637D #2D8AAE #48AAD0 #79C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2D8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#2D8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AAE

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AAE	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.101 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc6',
    500: '#2d8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8aae;
$custom-light: #78acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59548,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AAE

secondary

#C48972

accent

#7146E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AAE

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

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