#2D8EAE#2D8EAE

#2D8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.099 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8EAE
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, -16.96, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 30.07, 235.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% -0.0709 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.099 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3920, 22.9577, 43.4982)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8EAE #AE4D2D

analogous

#2DAE8D #2D8EAE #2D4DAE

triadic

#2D8EAE #AE2D8E #8EAE2D

tetradic

#2D8EAE #8D2DAE #AE4D2D #4DAE2D

square

#2D8EAE #8D2DAE #AE4D2D #4DAE2D

split-complementary

#2D8EAE #AE2D4D #AE8D2D

monochromatic

#143F4D #20667D #2D8EAE #48AED0 #79C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2D8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#2D8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8EAE

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8EAE	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.099 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc6',
    500: '#2d8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8eae;
$custom-light: #79afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.884,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6053,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8EAE

secondary

#C48772

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8EAE

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

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