#2B8BA8#2B8BA8

#2B8BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.096 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BA8
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -17.61, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 29.18, 232.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0712 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.096 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2938, 21.8039, 40.3353)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BA8 #A8482B

analogous

#2BA887 #2B8BA8 #2B4DA8

triadic

#2B8BA8 #A82B8B #8BA82B

tetradic

#2B8BA8 #872BA8 #A8482B #4DA82B

square

#2B8BA8 #872BA8 #A8482B #4DA82B

split-complementary

#2B8BA8 #A82B4D #A8872B

monochromatic

#123A47 #1F6377 #2B8BA8 #42AECF #72C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2B8BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#2B8BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BA8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BA8	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.096 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc2',
    500: '#2b8ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ba8;
$custom-light: #77adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.92,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59467,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BA8

secondary

#C2806C

accent

#6A45E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BA8

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

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