#2D8CA8#2D8CA8

#2D8CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.095 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CA8
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -17.89, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 28.91, 231.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0713 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.095 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5252, 22.1392, 40.3878)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CA8 #A8492D

analogous

#2DA887 #2D8CA8 #2D4EA8

triadic

#2D8CA8 #A82D8C #8CA82D

tetradic

#2D8CA8 #872DA8 #A8492D #4EA82D

square

#2D8CA8 #872DA8 #A8492D #4EA82D

split-complementary

#2D8CA8 #A82D4E #A8872D

monochromatic

#133C47 #206478 #2D8CA8 #45AECD #75C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2D8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2D8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CA8

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CA8	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.095 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc2',
    500: '#2d8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ca8;
$custom-light: #78adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.659,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59766,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CA8

secondary

#C2826F

accent

#6A47E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CA8

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

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