#2D8CC9#2D8CC9

#2D8CC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.126 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CC9
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, -6.41, -39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 39.81, 260.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0596 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.126 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9988, 23.5286, 58.6818)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CC9 #C96A2D

analogous

#2DC9B8 #2D8CC9 #2D3EC9

triadic

#2D8CC9 #C92D8C #8CC92D

tetradic

#2D8CC9 #B82DC9 #C96A2D #3EC92D

square

#2D8CC9 #B82DC9 #C96A2D #3EC92D

split-complementary

#2D8CC9 #C92D3E #C9B82D

monochromatic

#174665 #226997 #2D8CC9 #59A8DA #8BC2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#2D8CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#2D8CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CC9

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CC9	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.126 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadd9',
    500: '#2d8cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8cc9;
$custom-light: #7dadd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.462,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61386,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CC9

secondary

#CFA183

accent

#8241E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CC9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →