#2B8BAA#2B8BAA

#2B8BAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.098 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BAA
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 170)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -16.94, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 29.61, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0704 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.098 224)
XYZ	xyz(17.4816, 21.8790, 41.3242)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BAA #AA4A2B

analogous

#2BAA8A #2B8BAA #2B4CAA

triadic

#2B8BAA #AA2B8B #8BAA2B

tetradic

#2B8BAA #8A2BAA #AA4A2B #4CAA2B

square

#2B8BAA #8A2BAA #AA4A2B #4CAA2B

split-complementary

#2B8BAA #AA2B4C #AA8A2B

monochromatic

#123B48 #1F6379 #2B8BAA #43ADCF #74C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2B8BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2B8BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BAA

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BAA	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.098 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc3',
    500: '#2b8baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8baa;
$custom-light: #77adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.646,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59558,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.21881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BAA

secondary

#C3826E

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BAA

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

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