#2D8CB6#2D8CB6

#2D8CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.107 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CB6
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -13.12, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 32.60, 246.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.066 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.107 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9004, 22.6892, 47.6302)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CB6 #B6572D

analogous

#2DB69C #2D8CB6 #2D48B6

triadic

#2D8CB6 #B62D8C #8CB62D

tetradic

#2D8CB6 #9C2DB6 #B6572D #48B62D

square

#2D8CB6 #9C2DB6 #B6572D #48B62D

split-complementary

#2D8CB6 #B62D48 #B69C2D

monochromatic

#154154 #216685 #2D8CB6 #4DAAD3 #7EC1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2D8CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2D8CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CB6

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CB6	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.107 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadcc',
    500: '#2d8cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8cb6;
$custom-light: #7aadcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.394,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60418,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CB6

secondary

#C89077

accent

#7544E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CB6

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

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