#2B8CAA#2B8CAA

#2B8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.098 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CAA
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -17.48, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 29.54, 233.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0714 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.098 223)
XYZ	xyz(17.6270, 22.1700, 41.3726)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CAA #AA492B

analogous

#2BAA89 #2B8CAA #2B4DAA

triadic

#2B8CAA #AA2B8C #8CAA2B

tetradic

#2B8CAA #892BAA #AA492B #4DAA2B

square

#2B8CAA #892BAA #AA492B #4DAA2B

split-complementary

#2B8CAA #AA2B4D #AA892B

monochromatic

#123C48 #1F6479 #2B8CAA #43AECF #74C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#2B8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2B8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CAA

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CAA	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	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)

#7B89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.098 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adc3',
    500: '#2b8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8caa;
$custom-light: #77adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.173,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59805,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.22172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CAA

secondary

#C3826E

accent

#6A45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CAA

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

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