#2D8BAC#2D8BAC

#2D8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.099 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BAC
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -16.00, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 29.88, 237.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0687 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.099 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7582, 21.9996, 42.3322)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BAC #AC4E2D

analogous

#2DAC8E #2D8BAC #2D4BAC

triadic

#2D8BAC #AC2D8B #8BAC2D

tetradic

#2D8BAC #8E2DAC #AC4E2D #4BAC2D

square

#2D8BAC #8E2DAC #AC4E2D #4BAC2D

split-complementary

#2D8BAC #AC2D4B #AC8E2D

monochromatic

#143D4B #20647B #2D8BAC #47ACCF #78C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2D8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2D8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BAC

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BAC	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.099 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc4',
    500: '#2d8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bac;
$custom-light: #78adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.591,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.597,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BAC

secondary

#C48771

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BAC

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

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