#2B8CA9#2B8CA9

#2B8CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.097 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CA9
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -17.82, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 29.33, 232.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% -0.0718 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.097 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5328, 22.1323, 40.8763)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CA9 #A9482B

analogous

#2BA987 #2B8CA9 #2B4DA9

triadic

#2B8CA9 #A92B8C #8CA92B

tetradic

#2B8CA9 #872BA9 #A9482B #4DA92B

square

#2B8CA9 #872BA9 #A9482B #4DA92B

split-complementary

#2B8CA9 #A92B4D #A9872B

monochromatic

#123B47 #1F6478 #2B8CA9 #42AFCF #73C3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2B8CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2B8CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CA9

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CA9	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.097 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc2',
    500: '#2b8ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ca9;
$custom-light: #77adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.81,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5976,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CA9

secondary

#C3816D

accent

#6945E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CA9

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

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