#2D8BBD#2D8BBD

#2D8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.114 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BBD
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -10.11, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 35.30, 253.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0626 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.114 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4965, 22.6949, 51.4873)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BBD #BD5F2D

analogous

#2DBDA7 #2D8BBD #2D43BD

triadic

#2D8BBD #BD2D8B #8BBD2D

tetradic

#2D8BBD #A72DBD #BD5F2D #43BD2D

square

#2D8BBD #A72DBD #BD5F2D #43BD2D

split-complementary

#2D8BBD #BD2D43 #BDA72D

monochromatic

#15425A #21678C #2D8BBD #52A8D6 #83C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2D8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2D8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BBD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BBD	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.114 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacd1',
    500: '#2d8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bbd;
$custom-light: #7bacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.833,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60524,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BBD

secondary

#CB977B

accent

#7B43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BBD

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

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