#2B8AE2#2B8AE2

#2B8AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.158 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8AE2
RGB	rgb(43, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 3.69, -52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 52.44, 274.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.052 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.158 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8070, 24.1786, 75.3490)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8AE2 #E2832B

analogous

#2BE2DE #2B8AE2 #2B2FE2

triadic

#2B8AE2 #E22B8A #8AE22B

tetradic

#2B8AE2 #DE2BE2 #E2832B #2FE22B

square

#2B8AE2 #DE2BE2 #E2832B #2FE22B

split-complementary

#2B8AE2 #E22B2F #E2DE2B

monochromatic

#124B81 #196BB7 #2B8AE2 #61A8E9 #97C5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#2B8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#2B8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8AE2

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8AE2	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F90E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.158 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81abeb',
    500: '#2b8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ae2;
$custom-light: #81abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.852,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62306,
    "c": 0.15823,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8AE2

secondary

#DCB38D

accent

#9035F3

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8AE2

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

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