#2D8CCE#2D8CCE

#2D8CCE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.132 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8CCE
RGB	rgb(45, 140, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 32%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -4.61, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 41.99, 263.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% -0.0581 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.132 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5965, 23.7677, 61.8299)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8CCE #CE6F2D

analogous

#2DCEC0 #2D8CCE #2D3CCE

triadic

#2D8CCE #CE2D8C #8CCE2D

tetradic

#2D8CCE #C02DCE #CE6F2D #3CCE2D

square

#2D8CCE #C02DCE #CE6F2D #3CCE2D

split-complementary

#2D8CCE #CE2D3C #CEC02D

monochromatic

#17486A #226A9C #2D8CCE #5DA8DC #8FC3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#2D8CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#2D8CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8CCE

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8CCE	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 140, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.132 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaddd',
    500: '#2d8cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8cce;
$custom-light: #7eaddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.596,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61657,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8CCE

secondary

#D1A586

accent

#8541E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8CCE

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

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