#2D8ABC#2D8ABC

#2D8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.114 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8ABC
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -9.89, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 35.21, 253.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0619 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.114 237)
XYZ	xyz(19.2442, 22.3634, 50.8695)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8ABC #BC5F2D

analogous

#2DBCA6 #2D8ABC #2D42BC

triadic

#2D8ABC #BC2D8A #8ABC2D

tetradic

#2D8ABC #A62DBC #BC5F2D #42BC2D

square

#2D8ABC #A62DBC #BC5F2D #42BC2D

split-complementary

#2D8ABC #BC2D42 #BCA62D

monochromatic

#154259 #21668B #2D8ABC #51A7D5 #82C0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2D8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#2D8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8ABC

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8ABC	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.114 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacd0',
    500: '#2d8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8abc;
$custom-light: #7aacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.979,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60234,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.22366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8ABC

secondary

#CA967B

accent

#7C43E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8ABC

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

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