#2B8CA5#2B8CA5

#2B8CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.094 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CA5
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -19.16, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 28.61, 227.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0734 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.094 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1630, 21.9844, 38.9289)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CA5 #A5442B

analogous

#2BA581 #2B8CA5 #2B4FA5

triadic

#2B8CA5 #A52B8C #8CA52B

tetradic

#2B8CA5 #812BA5 #A5442B #4FA52B

square

#2B8CA5 #812BA5 #A5442B #4FA52B

split-complementary

#2B8CA5 #A52B4F #A5812B

monochromatic

#123A44 #1E6374 #2B8CA5 #40B0CD #71C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2B8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2B8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CA5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CA5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.094 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adbf',
    500: '#2b8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ca5;
$custom-light: #76adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.295,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59582,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CA5

secondary

#C17C6B

accent

#6646E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CA5

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

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