#2D8CB1#2D8CB1

#2D8CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.102 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CB1
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -14.84, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 31.08, 241.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% -0.0678 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.102 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3929, 22.4862, 44.9574)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CB1 #B1522D

analogous

#2DB194 #2D8CB1 #2D4AB1

triadic

#2D8CB1 #B12D8C #8CB12D

tetradic

#2D8CB1 #942DB1 #B1522D #4AB12D

square

#2D8CB1 #942DB1 #B1522D #4AB12D

split-complementary

#2D8CB1 #B12D4A #B1942D

monochromatic

#143F4F #216580 #2D8CB1 #4AABD1 #7BC2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2D8CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2D8CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CB1

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CB1	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.102 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc8',
    500: '#2d8cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8cb1;
$custom-light: #79adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60179,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CB1

secondary

#C68B74

accent

#7145E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CB1

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

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