#2B8ABC#2B8ABC

#2B8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.114 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8ABC
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -10.13, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 35.35, 253.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% -0.0629 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.114 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1582, 22.3191, 50.8655)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8ABC #BC5D2B

analogous

#2BBCA6 #2B8ABC #2B41BC

triadic

#2B8ABC #BC2B8A #8ABC2B

tetradic

#2B8ABC #A62BBC #BC5D2B #41BC2B

square

#2B8ABC #A62BBC #BC5D2B #41BC2B

split-complementary

#2B8ABC #BC2B41 #BCA62B

monochromatic

#144158 #20658A #2B8ABC #4EA7D6 #80C0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2B8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2B8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8ABC

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8ABC	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.114 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacd0',
    500: '#2b8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8abc;
$custom-light: #7aacd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60183,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8ABC

secondary

#CB9578

accent

#7A42E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8ABC

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

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