#2B8BB7#2B8BB7

#2B8BB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.109 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BB7
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -12.46, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 33.31, 248.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0656 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.109 233)
XYZ	xyz(18.7727, 22.3955, 48.1239)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BB7 #B7572B

analogous

#2BB79D #2B8BB7 #2B45B7

triadic

#2B8BB7 #B72B8B #8BB72B

tetradic

#2B8BB7 #9D2BB7 #B7572B #45B72B

square

#2B8BB7 #9D2BB7 #B7572B #45B72B

split-complementary

#2B8BB7 #B72B45 #B79D2B

monochromatic

#144054 #1F6585 #2B8BB7 #4BA9D5 #7CC1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2B8BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2B8BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BB7

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BB7	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.109 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79accc',
    500: '#2b8bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bb7;
$custom-light: #79accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60174,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.22398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BB7

secondary

#C98F75

accent

#7643E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BB7

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

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