#2D8AE2#2D8AE2

#2D8AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.158 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8AE2
RGB	rgb(45, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 3.88, -52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 52.38, 274.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0511 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.158 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8929, 24.2229, 75.3530)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8AE2 #E2852D

analogous

#2DE2DF #2D8AE2 #2D2FE2

triadic

#2D8AE2 #E22D8A #8AE22D

tetradic

#2D8AE2 #DF2DE2 #E2852D #2FE22D

square

#2D8AE2 #DF2DE2 #E2852D #2FE22D

split-complementary

#2D8AE2 #E22D2F #E2DF2D

monochromatic

#124C83 #196BB8 #2D8AE2 #63A8E9 #99C6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#2D8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#2D8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8AE2

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8AE2	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6090E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4280E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.158 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abeb',
    500: '#2d8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ae2;
$custom-light: #82abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.171,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62353,
    "c": 0.15772,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8AE2

secondary

#DCB48E

accent

#9135F2

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8AE2

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

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