#2D8CB2#2D8CB2

#2D8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.103 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CB2
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -14.50, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 31.37, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0674 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.103 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4929, 22.5262, 45.4842)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CB2 #B2532D

analogous

#2DB295 #2D8CB2 #2D49B2

triadic

#2D8CB2 #B22D8C #8CB22D

tetradic

#2D8CB2 #952DB2 #B2532D #49B22D

square

#2D8CB2 #952DB2 #B2532D #49B22D

split-complementary

#2D8CB2 #B22D49 #B2952D

monochromatic

#143F50 #216681 #2D8CB2 #4BABD1 #7CC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2D8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2D8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CB2

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CB2	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.103 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc9',
    500: '#2d8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8cb2;
$custom-light: #79adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60226,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CB2

secondary

#C68C75

accent

#7245E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CB2

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

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