#2D8BA5#2D8BA5

#2D8BA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.094 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BA5
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -18.35, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 28.38, 229.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0714 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.094 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1035, 21.7378, 38.8844)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BA5 #A5472D

analogous

#2DA583 #2D8BA5 #2D4FA5

triadic

#2D8BA5 #A52D8B #8BA52D

tetradic

#2D8BA5 #832DA5 #A5472D #4FA52D

square

#2D8BA5 #832DA5 #A5472D #4FA52D

split-complementary

#2D8BA5 #A52D4F #A5832D

monochromatic

#133A45 #206275 #2D8BA5 #43AECC #73C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2D8BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2D8BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BA5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BA5	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.094 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbf',
    500: '#2d8ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ba5;
$custom-light: #77adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59385,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BA5

secondary

#C17F6D

accent

#6947E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BA5

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

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