#2D8AB0#2D8AB0

#2D8AB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.102 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AB0
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 176)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -14.08, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 31.12, 243.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.0662 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.102 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0040, 21.8673, 44.3378)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AB0 #B0532D

analogous

#2DB094 #2D8AB0 #2D48B0

triadic

#2D8AB0 #B02D8A #8AB02D

tetradic

#2D8AB0 #942DB0 #B0532D #48B02D

square

#2D8AB0 #942DB0 #B0532D #48B02D

split-complementary

#2D8AB0 #B02D48 #B0942D

monochromatic

#143E4F #21647F #2D8AB0 #4AA9D1 #7AC0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2D8AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2D8AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AB0

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AB0	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)

#7688B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.102 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc7',
    500: '#2d8ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ab0;
$custom-light: #79acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.405,
    "s": 59.276,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59643,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AB0

secondary

#C58B73

accent

#7345E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AB0

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

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