#2B8AAE#2B8AAE

#2B8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.101 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AAE
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -15.02, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 30.73, 240.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0679 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.101 228)
XYZ	xyz(17.7216, 21.7444, 43.2993)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AAE #AE4F2B

analogous

#2BAE91 #2B8AAE #2B48AE

triadic

#2B8AAE #AE2B8A #8AAE2B

tetradic

#2B8AAE #912BAE #AE4F2B #48AE2B

square

#2B8AAE #912BAE #AE4F2B #48AE2B

split-complementary

#2B8AAE #AE2B48 #AE912B

monochromatic

#133C4C #1F637D #2B8AAE #45ABD1 #76C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2B8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2B8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AAE

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AAE	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.101 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc6',
    500: '#2b8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8aae;
$custom-light: #78acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59497,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.21747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AAE

secondary

#C58770

accent

#7044E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AAE

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

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