#2D8EA9#2D8EA9

#2D8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.096 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8EA9
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -18.63, -22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 29.04, 230.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0729 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.096 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9136, 22.7664, 40.9787)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8EA9 #A9482D

analogous

#2DA986 #2D8EA9 #2D50A9

triadic

#2D8EA9 #A92D8E #8EA92D

tetradic

#2D8EA9 #862DA9 #A9482D #50A92D

square

#2D8EA9 #862DA9 #A9482D #50A92D

split-complementary

#2D8EA9 #A92D50 #A9862D

monochromatic

#133D48 #206579 #2D8EA9 #46B0CE #76C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2D8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2D8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8EA9

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8EA9	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.096 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc2',
    500: '#2d8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ea9;
$custom-light: #78afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.065,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60306,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8EA9

secondary

#C2826F

accent

#6847E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8EA9

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

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