#2D8BBE#2D8BBE

#2D8BBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.115 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BBE
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -9.75, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 35.68, 254.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0622 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.115 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6054, 22.7385, 52.0609)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BBE #BE602D

analogous

#2DBEA8 #2D8BBE #2D43BE

triadic

#2D8BBE #BE2D8B #8BBE2D

tetradic

#2D8BBE #A82DBE #BE602D #43BE2D

square

#2D8BBE #A82DBE #BE602D #43BE2D

split-complementary

#2D8BBE #BE2D43 #BEA82D

monochromatic

#16435B #21678D #2D8BBE #52A8D6 #84C1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2D8BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2D8BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BBE

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BBE	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.115 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacd2',
    500: '#2d8bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bbe;
$custom-light: #7bacd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.103,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60575,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BBE

secondary

#CB987C

accent

#7C43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BBE

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

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