#2D9ACD#2D9ACD

#2D9ACD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.121 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D9ACD
RGB	rgb(45, 154, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 24.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -12.90, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 37.06, 249.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0713 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.121 234)
XYZ	xyz(23.6528, 28.0740, 61.9180)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D9ACD #CD602D

analogous

#2DCDB0 #2D9ACD #2D4ACD

triadic

#2D9ACD #CD2D9A #9ACD2D

tetradic

#2D9ACD #B02DCD #CD602D #4ACD2D

square

#2D9ACD #B02DCD #CD602D #4ACD2D

split-complementary

#2D9ACD #CD2D4A #CDB02D

monochromatic

#174F69 #22749B #2D9ACD #5CB3DB #8ECAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2D9ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#2D9ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D9ACD

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D9ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D9ACD	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d9acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 154, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.121 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7dc',
    500: '#2d9acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d9acd;
$custom-light: #7eb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d9acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.125,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64896,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.28077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D9ACD

secondary

#D19D85

accent

#7641E7

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D9ACD

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

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