#2D8AAF#2D8AAF

#2D8AAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.101 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AAF
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -14.42, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 30.82, 242.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0665 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.101 229)
XYZ	xyz(17.9054, 21.8279, 43.8187)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AAF #AF522D

analogous

#2DAF93 #2D8AAF #2D49AF

triadic

#2D8AAF #AF2D8A #8AAF2D

tetradic

#2D8AAF #932DAF #AF522D #49AF2D

square

#2D8AAF #932DAF #AF522D #49AF2D

split-complementary

#2D8AAF #AF2D49 #AF932D

monochromatic

#143D4E #20647E #2D8AAF #49AAD0 #7AC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2D8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2D8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AAF

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AAF	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.101 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc7',
    500: '#2d8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8aaf;
$custom-light: #78acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59595,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.2183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AAF

secondary

#C58A73

accent

#7246E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AAF

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

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