#2B8BAF#2B8BAF

#2B8BAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.102 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BAF
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 175)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -15.23, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 30.86, 240.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0685 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.102 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9636, 22.0718, 43.8627)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BAF #AF4F2B

analogous

#2BAF91 #2B8BAF #2B49AF

triadic

#2B8BAF #AF2B8B #8BAF2B

tetradic

#2B8BAF #912BAF #AF4F2B #49AF2B

square

#2B8BAF #912BAF #AF4F2B #49AF2B

split-complementary

#2B8BAF #AF2B49 #AF912B

monochromatic

#133D4D #1F647E #2B8BAF #46ABD1 #77C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2B8BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2B8BAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BAF

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BAF	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)

#7889B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.102 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc7',
    500: '#2b8baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8baf;
$custom-light: #78adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59789,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BAF

secondary

#C58870

accent

#7044E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BAF

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

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