#2D8BB0#2D8BB0

#2D8BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.102 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BB0
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -14.63, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 30.95, 241.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% -0.0672 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.102 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1481, 22.1556, 44.3859)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BB0 #B0522D

analogous

#2DB093 #2D8BB0 #2D49B0

triadic

#2D8BB0 #B02D8B #8BB02D

tetradic

#2D8BB0 #932DB0 #B0522D #49B02D

square

#2D8BB0 #932DB0 #B0522D #49B02D

split-complementary

#2D8BB0 #B02D49 #B0932D

monochromatic

#143E4F #21657F #2D8BB0 #4AAAD1 #7AC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2D8BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2D8BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BB0

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BB0	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.102 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc7',
    500: '#2d8bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bb0;
$custom-light: #79adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 59.276,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59887,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BB0

secondary

#C58B73

accent

#7245E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BB0

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

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