#2D8BB3#2D8BB3

#2D8BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.104 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BB3
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -13.60, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 31.85, 244.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0661 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.104 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4482, 22.2756, 45.9664)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BB3 #B3552D

analogous

#2DB398 #2D8BB3 #2D48B3

triadic

#2D8BB3 #B32D8B #8BB32D

tetradic

#2D8BB3 #982DB3 #B3552D #48B32D

square

#2D8BB3 #982DB3 #B3552D #48B32D

split-complementary

#2D8BB3 #B32D48 #B3982D

monochromatic

#143F51 #216582 #2D8BB3 #4BAAD2 #7CC1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2D8BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2D8BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BB3

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BB3	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.104 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acca',
    500: '#2d8bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bb3;
$custom-light: #79acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6003,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BB3

secondary

#C78E75

accent

#7445E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BB3

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

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