#2B8CB3#2B8CB3

#2B8CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.105 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CB3
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -14.40, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 31.84, 243.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.068 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.105 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5077, 22.5222, 46.0109)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CB3 #B3522B

analogous

#2BB396 #2B8CB3 #2B48B3

triadic

#2B8CB3 #B32B8C #8CB32B

tetradic

#2B8CB3 #962BB3 #B3522B #48B32B

square

#2B8CB3 #962BB3 #B3522B #48B32B

split-complementary

#2B8CB3 #B32B48 #B3962B

monochromatic

#133F50 #1F6582 #2B8CB3 #48ABD3 #79C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2B8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2B8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CB3

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CB3	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.105 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adca',
    500: '#2b8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8cb3;
$custom-light: #79adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.206,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60223,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CB3

secondary

#C78B73

accent

#7243E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CB3

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

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