#2D8DCE#2D8DCE

#2D8DCE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.131 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8DCE
RGB	rgb(45, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -5.19, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 41.59, 262.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.059 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.131 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7433, 24.0612, 61.8789)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8DCE #CE6E2D

analogous

#2DCEBF #2D8DCE #2D3CCE

triadic

#2D8DCE #CE2D8D #8DCE2D

tetradic

#2D8DCE #BF2DCE #CE6E2D #3CCE2D

square

#2D8DCE #BF2DCE #CE6E2D #3CCE2D

split-complementary

#2D8DCE #CE2D3C #CEBF2D

monochromatic

#17486A #226B9C #2D8DCE #5DA8DC #8FC3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#2D8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#2D8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8DCE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8DCE	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5880CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.131 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaedd',
    500: '#2d8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8dce;
$custom-light: #7eaedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.224,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61889,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8DCE

secondary

#D1A486

accent

#8441E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8DCE

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

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