#2B8BBD#2B8BBD

#2B8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.115 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BBD
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -10.34, -33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 35.44, 253.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0635 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.115 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4105, 22.6506, 51.4832)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BBD #BD5D2B

analogous

#2BBDA6 #2B8BBD #2B42BD

triadic

#2B8BBD #BD2B8B #8BBD2B

tetradic

#2B8BBD #A62BBD #BD5D2B #42BD2B

square

#2B8BBD #A62BBD #BD5D2B #42BD2B

split-complementary

#2B8BBD #BD2B42 #BDA62B

monochromatic

#144259 #20668B #2B8BBD #4EA8D7 #80C1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2B8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2B8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BBD

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BBD	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.115 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacd1',
    500: '#2b8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bbd;
$custom-light: #7aacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60474,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BBD

secondary

#CB9579

accent

#7A42E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BBD

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

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