#2B8AB4#2B8AB4

#2B8AB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.107 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B8AB4
RGBrgb(43, 138, 180)
HSLhsl(198, 61%, 44%)
HSVhsv(198, 76%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(76.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(54.01, -12.94, -29.85)
CIE-LCHlch(54.01, 32.54, 246.56°)
OKLaboklab(59.78% -0.0657 -0.084)
OKLCHoklch(59.78% 0.107 232)
XYZxyz(18.3196, 21.9837, 46.4489)
Luminance0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B8AB4 #B4552B
analogous
#2BB499 #2B8AB4 #2B45B4
triadic
#2B8AB4 #B42B8A #8AB42B
tetradic
#2B8AB4 #992BB4 #B4552B #45B42B
square
#2B8AB4 #992BB4 #B4552B #45B42B
split-complementary
#2B8AB4 #B42B45 #B4992B
monochromatic
#133E51 #1F6483 #2B8AB4 #49A9D3 #7AC0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89
#2B8AB4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40
#2B8AB4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AB4
5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B8AB4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2B8AB41.003.895.405.40
#FFFFFF3.891.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4021.001.001.00
##0000005.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7588B6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#637BB3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009598
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b8ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.107 232.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acca',
    500: '#2b8ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b8ab4;
$custom-light: #79acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b8ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.394,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59784,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.21986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B8AB4
secondary
#C78D73
accent
#7543E5
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#EFF4F8
border
#CACED1
text
#0A1013
muted
#7C7F82

Preview Lab

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#2B8AB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva