#2D8AB4#2D8AB4

#2D8AB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.106 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AB4
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 180)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 23.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -12.70, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 32.37, 246.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0647 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.106 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4056, 22.0280, 46.4530)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AB4 #B4572D

analogous

#2DB49B #2D8AB4 #2D46B4

triadic

#2D8AB4 #B42D8A #8AB42D

tetradic

#2D8AB4 #9B2DB4 #B4572D #46B42D

square

#2D8AB4 #9B2DB4 #B4572D #46B42D

split-complementary

#2D8AB4 #B42D46 #B49B2D

monochromatic

#153F52 #216483 #2D8AB4 #4CA8D2 #7DC0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2D8AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2D8AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AB4

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AB4	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7588B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.106 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acca',
    500: '#2d8ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ab4;
$custom-light: #79acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59835,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AB4

secondary

#C78F76

accent

#7645E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AB4

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

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