#2B8A9E#2B8A9E

#2B8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.090 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8A9E
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -20.41, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 27.59, 222.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0742 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.09 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2537, 21.1573, 35.5683)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8A9E #9E3F2B

analogous

#2B9E79 #2B8A9E #2B519E

triadic

#2B8A9E #9E2B8A #8A9E2B

tetradic

#2B8A9E #792B9E #9E3F2B #519E2B

square

#2B8A9E #792B9E #9E3F2B #519E2B

split-complementary

#2B8A9E #9E2B51 #9E792B

monochromatic

#11363E #1E606E #2B8A9E #3CB1CA #6CC5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2B8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2B8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8A9E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8A9E	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.090 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acba',
    500: '#2b8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8a9e;
$custom-light: #75acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58779,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8A9E

secondary

#BE7667

accent

#6247E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8A9E

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

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