#2B8BAB#2B8BAB

#2B8BAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.099 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BAB
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 171)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -16.60, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 29.84, 236.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.07 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.099 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5765, 21.9170, 41.8242)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BAB #AB4B2B

analogous

#2BAB8B #2B8BAB #2B4BAB

triadic

#2B8BAB #AB2B8B #8BAB2B

tetradic

#2B8BAB #8B2BAB #AB4B2B #4BAB2B

square

#2B8BAB #8B2BAB #AB4B2B #4BAB2B

split-complementary

#2B8BAB #AB2B4B #AB8B2B

monochromatic

#123B49 #1F637A #2B8BAB #43ADD0 #74C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2B8BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2B8BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BAB

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BAB	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#7988AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.099 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc4',
    500: '#2b8bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bab;
$custom-light: #77adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59603,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BAB

secondary

#C4846E

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BAB

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

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