#2D8DAF#2D8DAF

#2D8DAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.100 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8DAF
RGB	rgb(45, 141, 175)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -16.07, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 30.41, 238.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0695 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.1 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3418, 22.7006, 43.9641)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8DAF #AF4F2D

analogous

#2DAF90 #2D8DAF #2D4CAF

triadic

#2D8DAF #AF2D8D #8DAF2D

tetradic

#2D8DAF #902DAF #AF4F2D #4CAF2D

square

#2D8DAF #902DAF #AF4F2D #4CAF2D

split-complementary

#2D8DAF #AF2D4C #AF902D

monochromatic

#143F4E #20667E #2D8DAF #49ADD0 #7AC3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2D8DAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2D8DAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8DAF

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8DAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8DAF	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8daf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 141, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.100 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec7',
    500: '#2d8daf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8daf;
$custom-light: #79aec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8daf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6033,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8DAF

secondary

#C58873

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8DAF

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

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