#2B8CA2#2B8CA2

#2B8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.093 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CA2
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -20.15, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 28.18, 224.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0746 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.093 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8932, 21.8764, 37.5077)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CA2 #A2412B

analogous

#2BA27C #2B8CA2 #2B51A2

triadic

#2B8CA2 #A22B8C #8CA22B

tetradic

#2B8CA2 #7C2BA2 #A2412B #51A22B

square

#2B8CA2 #7C2BA2 #A2412B #51A22B

split-complementary

#2B8CA2 #A22B51 #A27C2B

monochromatic

#113841 #1E6272 #2B8CA2 #3EB2CC #6FC5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2B8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2B8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CA2

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CA2	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.093 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbd',
    500: '#2b8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ca2;
$custom-light: #76adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59452,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CA2

secondary

#C07969

accent

#6347E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CA2

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

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