#2D8BAE#2D8BAE

#2D8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.100 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BAE
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -15.32, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 30.40, 239.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0679 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.1 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9517, 22.0770, 43.3514)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BAE #AE502D

analogous

#2DAE90 #2D8BAE #2D4AAE

triadic

#2D8BAE #AE2D8B #8BAE2D

tetradic

#2D8BAE #902DAE #AE502D #4AAE2D

square

#2D8BAE #902DAE #AE502D #4AAE2D

split-complementary

#2D8BAE #AE2D4A #AE902D

monochromatic

#143D4D #20647D #2D8BAE #48ABD0 #79C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2D8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2D8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BAE

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BAE	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.100 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc6',
    500: '#2d8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bae;
$custom-light: #78adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59793,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BAE

secondary

#C48972

accent

#7046E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BAE

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

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