#2B8BB0#2B8BB0

#2B8BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.103 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BB0
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -14.89, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 31.14, 241.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0681 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.103 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0622, 22.1113, 44.3818)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BB0 #B0502B

analogous

#2BB093 #2B8BB0 #2B48B0

triadic

#2B8BB0 #B02B8B #8BB02B

tetradic

#2B8BB0 #932BB0 #B0502B #48B02B

square

#2B8BB0 #932BB0 #B0502B #48B02B

split-complementary

#2B8BB0 #B02B48 #B0932B

monochromatic

#133D4E #1F647F #2B8BB0 #46ABD2 #78C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2B8BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2B8BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BB0

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BB0	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.103 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adc7',
    500: '#2b8bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bb0;
$custom-light: #78adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59836,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BB0

secondary

#C68971

accent

#7044E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BB0

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

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