#2B8BC6#2B8BC6

#2B8BC6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.124 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8BC6
RGB	rgb(43, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -7.13, -38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 39.01, 259.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0605 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.124 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4179, 23.0536, 56.7888)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8BC6 #C6662B

analogous

#2BC6B4 #2B8BC6 #2B3DC6

triadic

#2B8BC6 #C62B8B #8BC62B

tetradic

#2B8BC6 #B42BC6 #C6662B #3DC62B

square

#2B8BC6 #B42BC6 #C6662B #3DC62B

split-complementary

#2B8BC6 #C62B3D #C6B42B

monochromatic

#154461 #206894 #2B8BC6 #54A7DA #87C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#2B8BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#2B8BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8BC6

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8BC6	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8CC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.124 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacd7',
    500: '#2b8bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8bc6;
$custom-light: #7cacd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.839,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60942,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8BC6

secondary

#CE9D7F

accent

#8040E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8BC6

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

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