#2D8EB0#2D8EB0

#2D8EB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.101 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8EB0
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 176)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -16.28, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 30.55, 237.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0702 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.101 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5885, 23.0363, 44.5326)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8EB0 #B04F2D

analogous

#2DB090 #2D8EB0 #2D4CB0

triadic

#2D8EB0 #B02D8E #8EB02D

tetradic

#2D8EB0 #902DB0 #B04F2D #4CB02D

square

#2D8EB0 #902DB0 #B04F2D #4CB02D

split-complementary

#2D8EB0 #B02D4C #B0902D

monochromatic

#143F4F #21677F #2D8EB0 #4AAED1 #7AC3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2D8EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#2D8EB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8EB0

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8EB0	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.101 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afc7',
    500: '#2d8eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8eb0;
$custom-light: #79afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.573,
    "s": 59.276,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60621,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8EB0

secondary

#C58973

accent

#6E45E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8EB0

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

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