#2B83A8#2B83A8

#2B83A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.099 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B83A8
RGBrgb(43, 131, 168)
HSLhsl(198, 59%, 41%)
HSVhsv(198, 74%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(74.4%, 22%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(51.35, -13.20, -27.08)
CIE-LCHlch(51.35, 30.12, 244.00°)
OKLaboklab(57.49% -0.0631 -0.0761)
OKLCHoklch(57.49% 0.099 230.3)
XYZxyz(16.1776, 19.5715, 39.9633)
Luminance0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B83A8 #A8502B
analogous
#2BA88F #2B83A8 #2B45A8
triadic
#2B83A8 #A82B83 #83A82B
tetradic
#2B83A8 #8F2BA8 #A8502B #45A82B
square
#2B83A8 #8F2BA8 #A8502B #45A82B
split-complementary
#2B83A8 #A82B45 #A88F2B
monochromatic
#123747 #1F5D77 #2B83A8 #42A5CF #72BCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27
#2B83A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91
#2B83A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B83A8
4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B83A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2B83A81.004.274.914.91
#FFFFFF4.271.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9121.001.001.00
##0000004.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7081AA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F75A7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008D8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b83a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 131, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.099 230.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a7c2',
    500: '#2b83a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b83a8;
$custom-light: #76a7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b83a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.76,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57491,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B83A8
secondary
#C2866C
accent
#7445E2
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F7
border
#C9CED0
text
#0A0F12
muted
#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B83A8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#2B83A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva