#2B8BAC#2B8BAC

#2B8BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.099 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BAC
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, -16.26, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 30.08, 237.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0696 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.099 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6722, 21.9553, 42.3281)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BAC #AC4C2B

analogous

#2BAC8D #2B8BAC #2B4AAC

triadic

#2B8BAC #AC2B8B #8BAC2B

tetradic

#2B8BAC #8D2BAC #AC4C2B #4AAC2B

square

#2B8BAC #8D2BAC #AC4C2B #4AAC2B

split-complementary

#2B8BAC #AC2B4A #AC8D2B

monochromatic

#133C4A #1F637B #2B8BAC #44ACD0 #75C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2B8BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2B8BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BAC

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BAC	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.099 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc4',
    500: '#2b8bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bac;
$custom-light: #77adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59649,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BAC

secondary

#C4856F

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BAC

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

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