#2D8FA5#2D8FA5

#2D8FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.093 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8FA5
RGB	rgb(45, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -20.49, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 28.45, 223.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.38% -0.0755 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(60.38% 0.093 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6933, 22.9174, 39.0810)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8FA5 #A5432D

analogous

#2DA57F #2D8FA5 #2D53A5

triadic

#2D8FA5 #A52D8F #8FA52D

tetradic

#2D8FA5 #7F2DA5 #A5432D #53A52D

square

#2D8FA5 #7F2DA5 #A5432D #53A52D

split-complementary

#2D8FA5 #A52D53 #A57F2D

monochromatic

#133C45 #206575 #2D8FA5 #43B3CC #73C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2D8FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2D8FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8FA5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8FA5	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)

#808BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.093 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0bf',
    500: '#2d8fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8fa5;
$custom-light: #77b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60381,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8FA5

secondary

#C17D6D

accent

#6347E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8FA5

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

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