#2B8BA9#2B8BA9

#2B8BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.097 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BA9
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -17.28, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 29.39, 234.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0708 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.097 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3874, 21.8414, 40.8279)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BA9 #A9492B

analogous

#2BA988 #2B8BA9 #2B4CA9

triadic

#2B8BA9 #A92B8B #8BA92B

tetradic

#2B8BA9 #882BA9 #A9492B #4CA92B

square

#2B8BA9 #882BA9 #A9492B #4CA92B

split-complementary

#2B8BA9 #A92B4C #A9882B

monochromatic

#123B47 #1F6378 #2B8BA9 #42ADCF #73C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2B8BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2B8BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BA9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BA9	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.097 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc2',
    500: '#2b8ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ba9;
$custom-light: #77adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59512,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BA9

secondary

#C3816D

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BA9

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

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