#2D8DAE#2D8DAE

#2D8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.100 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8DAE
RGB	rgb(45, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -16.41, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 30.17, 237.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0699 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.1 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2439, 22.6615, 43.4488)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8DAE #AE4E2D

analogous

#2DAE8E #2D8DAE #2D4CAE

triadic

#2D8DAE #AE2D8D #8DAE2D

tetradic

#2D8DAE #8E2DAE #AE4E2D #4CAE2D

square

#2D8DAE #8E2DAE #AE4E2D #4CAE2D

split-complementary

#2D8DAE #AE2D4C #AE8E2D

monochromatic

#143E4D #20667D #2D8DAE #48ADD0 #79C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2D8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2D8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8DAE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8DAE	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)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.100 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec6',
    500: '#2d8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8dae;
$custom-light: #78aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60284,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8DAE

secondary

#C48772

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8DAE

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

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