#2B8AA3#2B8AA3

#2B8AA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.093 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AA3
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 163)
HSL	hsl(193, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -18.75, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 28.27, 228.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0722 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.093 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6928, 21.3329, 37.8811)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AA3 #A3442B

analogous

#2BA380 #2B8AA3 #2B4EA3

triadic

#2B8AA3 #A32B8A #8AA32B

tetradic

#2B8AA3 #802BA3 #A3442B #4EA32B

square

#2B8AA3 #802BA3 #A3442B #4EA32B

split-complementary

#2B8AA3 #A32B4E #A3802B

monochromatic

#113842 #1E6173 #2B8AA3 #3FAFCC #6FC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2B8AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#2B8AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AA3

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AA3	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.093 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acbe',
    500: '#2b8aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8aa3;
$custom-light: #76acbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58995,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AA3

secondary

#C07C6A

accent

#6746E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AA3

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

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