#2D8EAB#2D8EAB

#2D8EAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.097 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8EAB
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 171)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 17%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -17.97, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 29.42, 232.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% -0.0721 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.097 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1028, 22.8420, 41.9751)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8EAB #AB4A2D

analogous

#2DAB89 #2D8EAB #2D4FAB

triadic

#2D8EAB #AB2D8E #8EAB2D

tetradic

#2D8EAB #892DAB #AB4A2D #4FAB2D

square

#2D8EAB #892DAB #AB4A2D #4FAB2D

split-complementary

#2D8EAB #AB2D4F #AB892D

monochromatic

#143E4A #20667B #2D8EAB #47AFCE #77C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2D8EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2D8EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8EAB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8EAB	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)

#7D8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.097 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc4',
    500: '#2d8eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8eab;
$custom-light: #78afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.81,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60395,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8EAB

secondary

#C38471

accent

#6A46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8EAB

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

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