#2D8AB2#2D8AB2

#2D8AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.104 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AB2
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -13.39, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 31.73, 245.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0654 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.104 231)
XYZ	xyz(18.2033, 21.9471, 45.3877)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AB2 #B2552D

analogous

#2DB297 #2D8AB2 #2D47B2

triadic

#2D8AB2 #B22D8A #8AB22D

tetradic

#2D8AB2 #972DB2 #B2552D #47B22D

square

#2D8AB2 #972DB2 #B2552D #47B22D

split-complementary

#2D8AB2 #B22D47 #B2972D

monochromatic

#143E50 #216481 #2D8AB2 #4BA9D1 #7CC0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2D8AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2D8AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AB2

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AB2	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.104 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acc9',
    500: '#2d8ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ab2;
$custom-light: #79acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59739,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.21949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AB2

secondary

#C68D75

accent

#7445E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AB2

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

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