#2B8BBF#2B8BBF

#2B8BBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.117 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BBF
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 27.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, -9.63, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 36.20, 254.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0628 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.117 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6291, 22.7381, 52.6345)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BBF #BF5F2B

analogous

#2BBFA9 #2B8BBF #2B41BF

triadic

#2B8BBF #BF2B8B #8BBF2B

tetradic

#2B8BBF #A92BBF #BF5F2B #41BF2B

square

#2B8BBF #A92BBF #BF5F2B #41BF2B

split-complementary

#2B8BBF #BF2B41 #BFA92B

monochromatic

#15425B #20678D #2B8BBF #50A8D8 #82C1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2B8BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2B8BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BBF

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BBF	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.117 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacd2',
    500: '#2b8bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bbf;
$custom-light: #7aacd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60576,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BBF

secondary

#CC977A

accent

#7B42E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BBF

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

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