#2B8AC6#2B8AC6

#2B8AC6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.125 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AC6
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 198)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 30.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -6.55, -38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 39.37, 260.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0596 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.125 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2738, 22.7653, 56.7408)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AC6 #C6672B

analogous

#2BC6B5 #2B8AC6 #2B3CC6

triadic

#2B8AC6 #C62B8A #8AC62B

tetradic

#2B8AC6 #B52BC6 #C6672B #3CC62B

square

#2B8AC6 #B52BC6 #C6672B #3CC62B

split-complementary

#2B8AC6 #C62B3C #C6B52B

monochromatic

#154461 #206794 #2B8AC6 #54A6DA #87C0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2B8AC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2B8AC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AC6

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AC6	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.125 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cabd7',
    500: '#2b8ac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ac6;
$custom-light: #7cabd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60706,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AC6

secondary

#CE9D7F

accent

#8140E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AC6

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

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