#2D8DB3#2D8DB3

#2D8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.104 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8DB3
RGB	rgb(45, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, -14.71, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 31.50, 242.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.068 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.104 229)
XYZ	xyz(18.7404, 22.8601, 46.0638)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8DB3 #B3532D

analogous

#2DB396 #2D8DB3 #2D4AB3

triadic

#2D8DB3 #B32D8D #8DB32D

tetradic

#2D8DB3 #962DB3 #B3532D #4AB32D

square

#2D8DB3 #962DB3 #B3532D #4AB32D

split-complementary

#2D8DB3 #B32D4A #B3962D

monochromatic

#144051 #216682 #2D8DB3 #4BACD2 #7CC2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2D8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2D8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8DB3

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8DB3	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.104 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeca',
    500: '#2d8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8db3;
$custom-light: #79aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60517,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.22862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8DB3

secondary

#C78C75

accent

#7245E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8DB3

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

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