#2B8AB5#2B8AB5

#2B8AB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.108 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AB5
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 181)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 23.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -12.60, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 32.87, 247.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0653 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.108 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4219, 22.0246, 46.9874)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AB5 #B5562B

analogous

#2BB59B #2B8AB5 #2B45B5

triadic

#2B8AB5 #B52B8A #8AB52B

tetradic

#2B8AB5 #9B2BB5 #B5562B #45B52B

square

#2B8AB5 #9B2BB5 #B5562B #45B52B

split-complementary

#2B8AB5 #B52B45 #B59B2B

monochromatic

#143F52 #1F6484 #2B8AB5 #49A9D4 #7BC0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2B8AB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2B8AB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AB5

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AB5	1.00	3.89	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7589B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.108 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79accb',
    500: '#2b8ab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ab5;
$custom-light: #79accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59833,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AB5

secondary

#C88E74

accent

#7543E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AB5

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

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