#2B809E#2B809E

#2B809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.091 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B809E
RGB	rgb(43, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, -14.98, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 27.75, 237.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% -0.0638 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.091 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8845, 18.4188, 35.1119)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B809E #9E492B

analogous

#2B9E83 #2B809E #2B479E

triadic

#2B809E #9E2B80 #809E2B

tetradic

#2B809E #832B9E #9E492B #479E2B

square

#2B809E #832B9E #9E492B #479E2B

split-complementary

#2B809E #9E2B47 #9E832B

monochromatic

#11323E #1E596E #2B809E #3CA5CA #6CBBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#2B809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#2B809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B809E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B809E	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60729E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.091 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a5ba',
    500: '#2b809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b809e;
$custom-light: #74a5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56274,
    "c": 0.09139,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B809E

secondary

#BE7E67

accent

#6F47E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B809E

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

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