#2B8BB5#2B8BB5

#2B8BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.107 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BB5
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -13.15, -29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 32.65, 246.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0663 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.107 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5660, 22.3128, 47.0354)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BB5 #B5552B

analogous

#2BB59A #2B8BB5 #2B46B5

triadic

#2B8BB5 #B52B8B #8BB52B

tetradic

#2B8BB5 #9A2BB5 #B5552B #46B52B

square

#2B8BB5 #9A2BB5 #B5552B #46B52B

split-complementary

#2B8BB5 #B52B46 #B59A2B

monochromatic

#143F52 #1F6584 #2B8BB5 #49AAD4 #7BC1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#2B8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2B8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BB5

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BB5	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.107 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79accb',
    500: '#2b8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bb5;
$custom-light: #79accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60076,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BB5

secondary

#C88E74

accent

#7443E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BB5

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

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