#2B8597#2B8597

#2B8597 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.087 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8597
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 151)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, -20.05, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 26.48, 220.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0719 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.087 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9673, 19.5213, 32.2513)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8597 #973D2B

analogous

#2B9773 #2B8597 #2B4F97

triadic

#2B8597 #972B85 #85972B

tetradic

#2B8597 #732B97 #973D2B #4F972B

square

#2B8597 #732B97 #973D2B #4F972B

split-complementary

#2B8597 #972B4F #97732B

monochromatic

#103138 #1D5B67 #2B8597 #39AFC7 #68C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#2B8597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#2B8597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8597

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8597	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.087 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b5',
    500: '#2b8597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8597;
$custom-light: #74a8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57219,
    "c": 0.08655,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8597

secondary

#BB7263

accent

#6249DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8597

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

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