#2D8CB4#2D8CB4

#2D8CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.105 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CB4
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -13.81, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 31.97, 244.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0667 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.105 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6952, 22.6071, 46.5495)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CB4 #B4552D

analogous

#2DB499 #2D8CB4 #2D49B4

triadic

#2D8CB4 #B42D8C #8CB42D

tetradic

#2D8CB4 #992DB4 #B4552D #49B42D

square

#2D8CB4 #992DB4 #B4552D #49B42D

split-complementary

#2D8CB4 #B42D49 #B4992D

monochromatic

#154052 #216683 #2D8CB4 #4CAAD2 #7DC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2D8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2D8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CB4

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CB4	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.105 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adca',
    500: '#2d8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8cb4;
$custom-light: #79adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60321,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CB4

secondary

#C78E76

accent

#7445E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CB4

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

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