#2B8AB6#2B8AB6

#2B8AB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.108 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AB6
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 182)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -12.24, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 33.20, 248.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0649 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.109 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5248, 22.0657, 47.5297)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AB6 #B6572B

analogous

#2BB69D #2B8AB6 #2B44B6

triadic

#2B8AB6 #B62B8A #8AB62B

tetradic

#2B8AB6 #9D2BB6 #B6572B #44B62B

square

#2B8AB6 #9D2BB6 #B6572B #44B62B

split-complementary

#2B8AB6 #B62B44 #B69D2B

monochromatic

#143F53 #1F6484 #2B8AB6 #4AA8D4 #7BC0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2B8AB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2B8AB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AB6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AB6	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	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)

#7489B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.108 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79accc',
    500: '#2b8ab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ab6;
$custom-light: #79accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.993,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59883,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AB6

secondary

#C88F75

accent

#7643E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AB6

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

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