#2D8CBD#2D8CBD

#2D8CBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.114 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CBD
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 189)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(200, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -10.67, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 35.02, 252.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0635 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.114 236)
XYZ	xyz(19.6419, 22.9858, 51.5358)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CBD #BD5E2D

analogous

#2DBDA6 #2D8CBD #2D44BD

triadic

#2D8CBD #BD2D8C #8CBD2D

tetradic

#2D8CBD #A62DBD #BD5E2D #44BD2D

square

#2D8CBD #A62DBD #BD5E2D #44BD2D

split-complementary

#2D8CBD #BD2D44 #BDA62D

monochromatic

#15435A #21678C #2D8CBD #52A9D6 #83C1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2D8CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2D8CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CBD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CBD	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.114 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badd1',
    500: '#2d8cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8cbd;
$custom-light: #7badd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60763,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.22988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CBD

secondary

#CB967B

accent

#7A43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CBD

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

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