#2D8EC9#2D8EC9

#2D8EC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.125 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8EC9
RGB	rgb(45, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -7.56, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 39.09, 258.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0615 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.125 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2937, 24.1184, 58.7801)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8EC9 #C9682D

analogous

#2DC9B6 #2D8EC9 #2D40C9

triadic

#2D8EC9 #C92D8E #8EC92D

tetradic

#2D8EC9 #B62DC9 #C9682D #40C92D

square

#2D8EC9 #B62DC9 #C9682D #40C92D

split-complementary

#2D8EC9 #C92D40 #C9B62D

monochromatic

#174765 #226B97 #2D8EC9 #59A9DA #8BC3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#2D8EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#2D8EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8EC9

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8EC9	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.125 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daed9',
    500: '#2d8ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8ec9;
$custom-light: #7daed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.692,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61856,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8EC9

secondary

#CFA083

accent

#8041E6

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8EC9

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

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