#2D8EA3#2D8EA3

#2D8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.092 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8EA3
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -20.61, -19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 28.16, 222.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0753 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.092 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3633, 22.5462, 38.0800)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8EA3 #A3422D

analogous

#2DA37D #2D8EA3 #2D53A3

triadic

#2D8EA3 #A32D8E #8EA32D

tetradic

#2D8EA3 #7D2DA3 #A3422D #53A32D

square

#2D8EA3 #7D2DA3 #A3422D #53A32D

split-complementary

#2D8EA3 #A32D53 #A37D2D

monochromatic

#133A43 #206473 #2D8EA3 #42B3CB #72C6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2D8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2D8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8EA3

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8EA3	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.092 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbe',
    500: '#2d8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ea3;
$custom-light: #77afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60046,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8EA3

secondary

#C07B6C

accent

#6348E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8EA3

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

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