#2D8CB3#2D8CB3

#2D8CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.104 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CB3
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -14.15, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 31.66, 243.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0671 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.104 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5937, 22.5665, 46.0149)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CB3 #B3542D

analogous

#2DB397 #2D8CB3 #2D49B3

triadic

#2D8CB3 #B32D8C #8CB32D

tetradic

#2D8CB3 #972DB3 #B3542D #49B32D

square

#2D8CB3 #972DB3 #B3542D #49B32D

split-complementary

#2D8CB3 #B32D49 #B3972D

monochromatic

#144051 #216682 #2D8CB3 #4BABD2 #7CC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2D8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2D8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CB3

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CB3	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)

#788AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.104 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adca',
    500: '#2d8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8cb3;
$custom-light: #79adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60273,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CB3

secondary

#C78D75

accent

#7345E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CB3

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

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