#2D8EA5#2D8EA5

#2D8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.093 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8EA5
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -19.96, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 28.41, 225.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0745 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.093 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5439, 22.6185, 39.0312)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8EA5 #A5442D

analogous

#2DA580 #2D8EA5 #2D52A5

triadic

#2D8EA5 #A52D8E #8EA52D

tetradic

#2D8EA5 #802DA5 #A5442D #52A52D

square

#2D8EA5 #802DA5 #A5442D #52A52D

split-complementary

#2D8EA5 #A52D52 #A5802D

monochromatic

#133B45 #206575 #2D8EA5 #43B2CC #73C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2D8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2D8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8EA5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8EA5	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.093 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbf',
    500: '#2d8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ea5;
$custom-light: #77afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60131,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8EA5

secondary

#C17D6D

accent

#6547E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8EA5

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

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