#2D8DAB#2D8DAB

#2D8DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.097 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8DAB
RGB	rgb(45, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -17.43, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 29.48, 233.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0711 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.097 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9547, 22.5458, 41.9257)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8DAB #AB4B2D

analogous

#2DAB8A #2D8DAB #2D4EAB

triadic

#2D8DAB #AB2D8D #8DAB2D

tetradic

#2D8DAB #8A2DAB #AB4B2D #4EAB2D

square

#2D8DAB #8A2DAB #AB4B2D #4EAB2D

split-complementary

#2D8DAB #AB2D4E #AB8A2D

monochromatic

#143D4A #20657B #2D8DAB #47AECE #77C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2D8DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2D8DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8DAB

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8DAB	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.097 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec4',
    500: '#2d8dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8dab;
$custom-light: #78aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60148,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8DAB

secondary

#C38471

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8DAB

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

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