#2D8BCE#2D8BCE

#2D8BCE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.133 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8BCE
RGB	rgb(45, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -4.03, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 42.39, 264.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.0572 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.133 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4511, 23.4768, 61.7815)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8BCE #CE702D

analogous

#2DCEC1 #2D8BCE #2D3BCE

triadic

#2D8BCE #CE2D8B #8BCE2D

tetradic

#2D8BCE #C12DCE #CE702D #3BCE2D

square

#2D8BCE #C12DCE #CE702D #3BCE2D

split-complementary

#2D8BCE #CE2D3B #CEC12D

monochromatic

#17476A #22699C #2D8BCE #5DA7DC #8FC2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#2D8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#2D8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8BCE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8BCE	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.133 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacdd',
    500: '#2d8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8bce;
$custom-light: #7eacdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.969,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61424,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8BCE

secondary

#D1A586

accent

#8641E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8BCE

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

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