#2B8AB2#2B8AB2

#2B8AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.105 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AB2
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -13.64, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 31.90, 244.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0664 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.105 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1174, 21.9027, 45.3836)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AB2 #B2532B

analogous

#2BB296 #2B8AB2 #2B46B2

triadic

#2B8AB2 #B22B8A #8AB22B

tetradic

#2B8AB2 #962BB2 #B2532B #46B22B

square

#2B8AB2 #962BB2 #B2532B #46B22B

split-complementary

#2B8AB2 #B22B46 #B2962B

monochromatic

#133E4F #1F6481 #2B8AB2 #48A9D3 #79C0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2B8AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2B8AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AB2

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AB2	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.105 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acc9',
    500: '#2b8ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ab2;
$custom-light: #78acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59687,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AB2

secondary

#C78B72

accent

#7344E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AB2

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

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