#2D8BA9#2D8BA9

#2D8BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.096 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BA9
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -17.01, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 29.17, 234.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0698 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.096 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4733, 21.8857, 40.8319)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BA9 #A94B2D

analogous

#2DA989 #2D8BA9 #2D4DA9

triadic

#2D8BA9 #A92D8B #8BA92D

tetradic

#2D8BA9 #892DA9 #A94B2D #4DA92D

square

#2D8BA9 #892DA9 #A94B2D #4DA92D

split-complementary

#2D8BA9 #A92D4D #A9892D

monochromatic

#133B48 #206379 #2D8BA9 #46ADCE #76C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2D8BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2D8BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BA9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BA9	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.096 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc2',
    500: '#2d8ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ba9;
$custom-light: #78adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.516,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59563,
    "c": 0.09631,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BA9

secondary

#C2846F

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BA9

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

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