#2B8AAD#2B8AAD

#2B8AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.101 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AAD
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -15.37, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 30.46, 239.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0682 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.101 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6245, 21.7056, 42.7878)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AAD #AD4E2B

analogous

#2BAD8F #2B8AAD #2B49AD

triadic

#2B8AAD #AD2B8A #8AAD2B

tetradic

#2B8AAD #8F2BAD #AD4E2B #49AD2B

square

#2B8AAD #8F2BAD #AD4E2B #49AD2B

split-complementary

#2B8AAD #AD2B49 #AD8F2B

monochromatic

#133C4B #1F637C #2B8AAD #45ABD1 #76C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2B8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2B8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AAD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AAD	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7787AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.101 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77acc5',
    500: '#2b8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8aad;
$custom-light: #77acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5945,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AAD

secondary

#C4866F

accent

#6F44E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AAD

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

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