#2B8BAE#2B8BAE

#2B8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.101 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BAE
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -15.57, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 30.59, 239.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0689 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.101 227)
XYZ	xyz(17.8657, 22.0327, 43.3473)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BAE #AE4E2B

analogous

#2BAE90 #2B8BAE #2B49AE

triadic

#2B8BAE #AE2B8B #8BAE2B

tetradic

#2B8BAE #902BAE #AE4E2B #49AE2B

square

#2B8BAE #902BAE #AE4E2B #49AE2B

split-complementary

#2B8BAE #AE2B49 #AE902B

monochromatic

#133D4C #1F647D #2B8BAE #45ACD1 #76C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2B8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2B8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BAE

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BAE	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.101 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc6',
    500: '#2b8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bae;
$custom-light: #78adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59742,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.22035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BAE

secondary

#C58770

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BAE

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

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