#2B8BA3#2B8BA3

#2B8BA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BA3
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, -19.29, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 28.28, 227.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0732 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.093 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8370, 21.6212, 37.9292)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BA3 #A3432B

analogous

#2BA37F #2B8BA3 #2B4FA3

triadic

#2B8BA3 #A32B8B #8BA32B

tetradic

#2B8BA3 #7F2BA3 #A3432B #4FA32B

square

#2B8BA3 #7F2BA3 #A3432B #4FA32B

split-complementary

#2B8BA3 #A32B4F #A37F2B

monochromatic

#113842 #1E6273 #2B8BA3 #3FB0CC #6FC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2B8BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2B8BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BA3

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BA3	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbe',
    500: '#2b8ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ba3;
$custom-light: #76adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59245,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BA3

secondary

#C07B6A

accent

#6546E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BA3

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

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