#2D8DB2#2D8DB2

#2D8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.103 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8DB2
RGB	rgb(45, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -15.05, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 31.21, 241.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0684 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.103 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6397, 22.8198, 45.5331)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8DB2 #B2522D

analogous

#2DB294 #2D8DB2 #2D4AB2

triadic

#2D8DB2 #B22D8D #8DB22D

tetradic

#2D8DB2 #942DB2 #B2522D #4AB22D

square

#2D8DB2 #942DB2 #B2522D #4AB22D

split-complementary

#2D8DB2 #B22D4A #B2942D

monochromatic

#144050 #216681 #2D8DB2 #4BACD1 #7CC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2D8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2D8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8DB2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8DB2	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.103 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aec9',
    500: '#2d8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8db2;
$custom-light: #79aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6047,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8DB2

secondary

#C68B75

accent

#7145E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8DB2

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

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