#2B8BAD#2B8BAD

#2B8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.100 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BAD
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -15.92, -25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 30.33, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0692 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.1 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7686, 21.9939, 42.8358)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BAD #AD4D2B

analogous

#2BAD8E #2B8BAD #2B4AAD

triadic

#2B8BAD #AD2B8B #8BAD2B

tetradic

#2B8BAD #8E2BAD #AD4D2B #4AAD2B

square

#2B8BAD #8E2BAD #AD4D2B #4AAD2B

split-complementary

#2B8BAD #AD2B4A #AD8E2B

monochromatic

#133C4B #1F647C #2B8BAD #45ACD1 #76C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2B8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2B8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BAD

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BAD	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.100 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc5',
    500: '#2b8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bad;
$custom-light: #78adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59696,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BAD

secondary

#C4866F

accent

#6E44E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BAD

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

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