#2B8BB4#2B8BB4

#2B8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.106 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BB4
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -13.50, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 32.33, 245.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0666 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.106 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4638, 22.2719, 46.4970)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BB4 #B4542B

analogous

#2BB498 #2B8BB4 #2B46B4

triadic

#2B8BB4 #B42B8B #8BB42B

tetradic

#2B8BB4 #982BB4 #B4542B #46B42B

square

#2B8BB4 #982BB4 #B4542B #46B42B

split-complementary

#2B8BB4 #B42B46 #B4982B

monochromatic

#133F51 #1F6583 #2B8BB4 #49AAD3 #7AC1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2B8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#2B8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BB4

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BB4	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.106 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acca',
    500: '#2b8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bb4;
$custom-light: #79acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.956,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BB4

secondary

#C78D73

accent

#7443E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BB4

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

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