#2D8BB1#2D8BB1

#2D8BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.103 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BB1
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -14.29, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 31.24, 242.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0668 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.103 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2474, 22.1953, 44.9089)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BB1 #B1532D

analogous

#2DB195 #2D8BB1 #2D49B1

triadic

#2D8BB1 #B12D8B #8BB12D

tetradic

#2D8BB1 #952DB1 #B1532D #49B12D

square

#2D8BB1 #952DB1 #B1532D #49B12D

split-complementary

#2D8BB1 #B12D49 #B1952D

monochromatic

#143E4F #216580 #2D8BB1 #4AAAD1 #7BC1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2D8BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#2D8BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BB1

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BB1	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.103 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc8',
    500: '#2d8bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bb1;
$custom-light: #79adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59934,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BB1

secondary

#C68C74

accent

#7245E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BB1

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

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