#2B8A9D#2B8A9D

#2B8A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.090 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8A9D
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -20.74, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 27.49, 221.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0746 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.09 214)
XYZ	xyz(16.1680, 21.1230, 35.1168)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8A9D #9D3E2B

analogous

#2B9D77 #2B8A9D #2B519D

triadic

#2B8A9D #9D2B8A #8A9D2B

tetradic

#2B8A9D #772B9D #9D3E2B #519D2B

square

#2B8A9D #772B9D #9D3E2B #519D2B

split-complementary

#2B8A9D #9D2B51 #9D772B

monochromatic

#11363D #1E606D #2B8A9D #3CB2CA #6CC5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#2B8A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2B8A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8A9D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8A9D	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.090 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acba',
    500: '#2b8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8a9d;
$custom-light: #75acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58736,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.21125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8A9D

secondary

#BD7566

accent

#6148E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8A9D

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

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