#2B8397#2B8397

#2B8397 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.086 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8397
RGB	rgb(43, 131, 151)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, -18.97, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 26.33, 223.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.0698 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.086 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6961, 18.9789, 32.1609)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8397 #973F2B

analogous

#2B9775 #2B8397 #2B4D97

triadic

#2B8397 #972B83 #83972B

tetradic

#2B8397 #752B97 #973F2B #4D972B

square

#2B8397 #752B97 #973F2B #4D972B

split-complementary

#2B8397 #972B4D #97752B

monochromatic

#103038 #1D5A67 #2B8397 #39ACC7 #68C0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#2B8397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#2B8397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8397

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8397	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 131, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.086 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a7b5',
    500: '#2b8397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8397;
$custom-light: #74a7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56713,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8397

secondary

#BB7363

accent

#6549DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8397

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

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