#2B8AB0#2B8AB0

#2B8AB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.103 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AB0
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 176)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -14.33, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 31.30, 242.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0671 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.103 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9180, 21.8230, 44.3338)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AB0 #B0512B

analogous

#2BB093 #2B8AB0 #2B47B0

triadic

#2B8AB0 #B02B8A #8AB02B

tetradic

#2B8AB0 #932BB0 #B0512B #47B02B

square

#2B8AB0 #932BB0 #B0512B #47B02B

split-complementary

#2B8AB0 #B02B47 #B0932B

monochromatic

#133D4E #1F637F #2B8AB0 #46AAD2 #78C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2B8AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#2B8AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AB0

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AB0	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.103 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc7',
    500: '#2b8ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ab0;
$custom-light: #78acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59592,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AB0

secondary

#C68971

accent

#7244E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AB0

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

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