#2D8BB4#2D8BB4

#2D8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.105 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BB4
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -13.25, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 32.16, 245.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0657 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.105 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5497, 22.3162, 46.5010)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BB4 #B4562D

analogous

#2DB49A #2D8BB4 #2D48B4

triadic

#2D8BB4 #B42D8B #8BB42D

tetradic

#2D8BB4 #9A2DB4 #B4562D #48B42D

square

#2D8BB4 #9A2DB4 #B4562D #48B42D

split-complementary

#2D8BB4 #B42D48 #B49A2D

monochromatic

#153F52 #216583 #2D8BB4 #4CA9D2 #7DC1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2D8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2D8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BB4

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BB4	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	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)

#7689B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.105 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acca',
    500: '#2d8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bb4;
$custom-light: #79acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.222,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60078,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BB4

secondary

#C78E76

accent

#7545E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BB4

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

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