#2D8BAD#2D8BAD

#2D8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.099 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BAD
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -15.66, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 30.13, 238.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0683 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.099 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8546, 22.0382, 42.8399)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BAD #AD4F2D

analogous

#2DAD8F #2D8BAD #2D4BAD

triadic

#2D8BAD #AD2D8B #8BAD2D

tetradic

#2D8BAD #8F2DAD #AD4F2D #4BAD2D

square

#2D8BAD #8F2DAD #AD4F2D #4BAD2D

split-complementary

#2D8BAD #AD2D4B #AD8F2D

monochromatic

#143D4C #20647C #2D8BAD #48ABCF #78C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2D8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2D8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BAD

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BAD	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.099 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc5',
    500: '#2d8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bad;
$custom-light: #78adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59747,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BAD

secondary

#C48872

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BAD

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

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