#2B8AAC#2B8AAC

#2B8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.100 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AAC
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -15.71, -25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 30.20, 238.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0686 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.1 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5281, 21.6670, 42.2801)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AAC #AC4D2B

analogous

#2BAC8E #2B8AAC #2B4AAC

triadic

#2B8AAC #AC2B8A #8AAC2B

tetradic

#2B8AAC #8E2BAC #AC4D2B #4AAC2B

square

#2B8AAC #8E2BAC #AC4D2B #4AAC2B

split-complementary

#2B8AAC #AC2B4A #AC8E2B

monochromatic

#133B4A #1F637B #2B8AAC #44ABD0 #75C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2B8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#2B8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AAC

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AAC	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.100 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc4',
    500: '#2b8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8aac;
$custom-light: #77acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59403,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AAC

secondary

#C4856F

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AAC

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

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