#2B8CA3#2B8CA3

#2B8CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.093 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CA3
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -19.82, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 28.31, 225.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0742 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.093 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9824, 21.9121, 37.9777)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CA3 #A3422B

analogous

#2BA37E #2B8CA3 #2B50A3

triadic

#2B8CA3 #A32B8C #8CA32B

tetradic

#2B8CA3 #7E2BA3 #A3422B #50A32B

square

#2B8CA3 #7E2BA3 #A3422B #50A32B

split-complementary

#2B8CA3 #A32B50 #A37E2B

monochromatic

#113942 #1E6273 #2B8CA3 #3FB1CC #6FC5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#2B8CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#2B8CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CA3

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CA3	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#7D88A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.093 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbe',
    500: '#2b8ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ca3;
$custom-light: #76adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59495,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CA3

secondary

#C07A6A

accent

#6446E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CA3

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

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