#2B8CA1#2B8CA1

#2B8CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.092 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CA1
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -20.48, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 28.06, 223.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.075 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.092 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8046, 21.8410, 37.0414)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CA1 #A1402B

analogous

#2BA17B #2B8CA1 #2B51A1

triadic

#2B8CA1 #A12B8C #8CA12B

tetradic

#2B8CA1 #7B2BA1 #A1402B #51A12B

square

#2B8CA1 #7B2BA1 #A1402B #51A12B

split-complementary

#2B8CA1 #A12B51 #A17B2B

monochromatic

#113840 #1E6271 #2B8CA1 #3EB2CB #6EC5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2B8CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2B8CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CA1

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CA1	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.092 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbc',
    500: '#2b8ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ca1;
$custom-light: #76adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59409,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CA1

secondary

#BF7869

accent

#6247E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CA1

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

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