#2D8EAD#2D8EAD

#2D8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.099 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8EAD
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -17.29, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 29.85, 234.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0713 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.099 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2949, 22.9189, 42.9866)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8EAD #AD4C2D

analogous

#2DAD8C #2D8EAD #2D4EAD

triadic

#2D8EAD #AD2D8E #8EAD2D

tetradic

#2D8EAD #8C2DAD #AD4C2D #4EAD2D

square

#2D8EAD #8C2DAD #AD4C2D #4EAD2D

split-complementary

#2D8EAD #AD2D4E #AD8C2D

monochromatic

#143E4C #20667C #2D8EAD #48AFCF #78C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2D8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2D8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8EAD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8EAD	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.099 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc5',
    500: '#2d8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ead;
$custom-light: #78afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.531,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60485,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8EAD

secondary

#C48672

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8EAD

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

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