#2D8DAD#2D8DAD

#2D8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.099 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8DAD
RGB	rgb(45, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -16.75, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 29.93, 235.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0703 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.099 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1468, 22.6226, 42.9373)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8DAD #AD4D2D

analogous

#2DAD8D #2D8DAD #2D4DAD

triadic

#2D8DAD #AD2D8D #8DAD2D

tetradic

#2D8DAD #8D2DAD #AD4D2D #4DAD2D

square

#2D8DAD #8D2DAD #AD4D2D #4DAD2D

split-complementary

#2D8DAD #AD2D4D #AD8D2D

monochromatic

#143E4C #20657C #2D8DAD #48ADCF #78C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2D8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2D8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8DAD

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8DAD	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.099 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec5',
    500: '#2d8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8dad;
$custom-light: #78aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60238,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8DAD

secondary

#C48672

accent

#6D46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8DAD

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

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