#2B8AA7#2B8AA7

#2B8AA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.096 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AA7
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 167)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -17.41, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 29.03, 233.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0706 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.096 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0569, 21.4786, 39.7985)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AA7 #A7482B

analogous

#2BA786 #2B8AA7 #2B4CA7

triadic

#2B8AA7 #A72B8A #8AA72B

tetradic

#2B8AA7 #862BA7 #A7482B #4CA72B

square

#2B8AA7 #862BA7 #A7482B #4CA72B

split-complementary

#2B8AA7 #A72B4C #A7862B

monochromatic

#123A46 #1E6276 #2B8AA7 #41ADCE #72C2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2B8AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2B8AA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AA7

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AA7	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.096 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc1',
    500: '#2b8aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8aa7;
$custom-light: #77acc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.032,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59174,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AA7

secondary

#C2806C

accent

#6A46E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AA7

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

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