#2D8EB3#2D8EB3

#2D8EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.103 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8EB3
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -15.26, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 31.34, 240.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.069 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.103 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8886, 23.1563, 46.1132)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8EB3 #B3522D

analogous

#2DB395 #2D8EB3 #2D4BB3

triadic

#2D8EB3 #B32D8E #8EB32D

tetradic

#2D8EB3 #952DB3 #B3522D #4BB32D

square

#2D8EB3 #952DB3 #B3522D #4BB32D

split-complementary

#2D8EB3 #B32D4B #B3952D

monochromatic

#144051 #216782 #2D8EB3 #4BADD2 #7CC3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2D8EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#2D8EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8EB3

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8EB3	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.103 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afca',
    500: '#2d8eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8eb3;
$custom-light: #79afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.567,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60761,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8EB3

secondary

#C78C75

accent

#7045E3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8EB3

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

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