#2D8CBE#2D8CBE

#2D8CBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.115 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CBE
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, -10.32, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 35.39, 253.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0632 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.115 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7508, 23.0294, 52.1094)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CBE #BE5F2D

analogous

#2DBEA7 #2D8CBE #2D43BE

triadic

#2D8CBE #BE2D8C #8CBE2D

tetradic

#2D8CBE #A72DBE #BE5F2D #43BE2D

square

#2D8CBE #A72DBE #BE5F2D #43BE2D

split-complementary

#2D8CBE #BE2D43 #BEA72D

monochromatic

#16435B #21688D #2D8CBE #52A9D6 #84C1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2D8CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#2D8CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CBE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CBE	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.115 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badd2',
    500: '#2d8cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8cbe;
$custom-light: #7badd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60814,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CBE

secondary

#CB977C

accent

#7B43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CBE

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

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