#2D8FAE#2D8FAE

#2D8FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.099 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8FAE
RGB	rgb(45, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -17.50, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 30.00, 234.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% -0.0719 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.099 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5415, 23.2566, 43.5480)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8FAE #AE4C2D

analogous

#2DAE8D #2D8FAE #2D4EAE

triadic

#2D8FAE #AE2D8F #8FAE2D

tetradic

#2D8FAE #8D2DAE #AE4C2D #4EAE2D

square

#2D8FAE #8D2DAE #AE4C2D #4EAE2D

split-complementary

#2D8FAE #AE2D4E #AE8D2D

monochromatic

#143F4D #20677D #2D8FAE #48AFD0 #79C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2D8FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#2D8FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8FAE

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8FAE	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.099 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b0c6',
    500: '#2d8fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8fae;
$custom-light: #79b0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.419,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60776,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8FAE

secondary

#C48672

accent

#6B46E2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8FAE

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

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