#2D8AB3#2D8AB3

#2D8AB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.105 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AB3
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 179)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -13.04, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 32.04, 245.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0651 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.105 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3041, 21.9874, 45.9184)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AB3 #B3562D

analogous

#2DB399 #2D8AB3 #2D47B3

triadic

#2D8AB3 #B32D8A #8AB32D

tetradic

#2D8AB3 #992DB3 #B3562D #47B32D

square

#2D8AB3 #992DB3 #B3562D #47B32D

split-complementary

#2D8AB3 #B32D47 #B3992D

monochromatic

#143F51 #216482 #2D8AB3 #4BA9D2 #7CC0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2D8AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2D8AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AB3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AB3	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7588B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.105 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acca',
    500: '#2d8ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ab3;
$custom-light: #79acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.358,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59787,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AB3

secondary

#C78E75

accent

#7545E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AB3

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

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