#2B8CB5#2B8CB5

#2B8CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.107 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CB5
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -13.71, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 32.45, 245.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0672 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.107 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7115, 22.6037, 47.0839)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CB5 #B5542B

analogous

#2BB599 #2B8CB5 #2B47B5

triadic

#2B8CB5 #B52B8C #8CB52B

tetradic

#2B8CB5 #992BB5 #B5542B #47B52B

square

#2B8CB5 #992BB5 #B5542B #47B52B

split-complementary

#2B8CB5 #B52B47 #B5992B

monochromatic

#144052 #1F6684 #2B8CB5 #49ABD4 #7BC2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2B8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2B8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CB5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CB5	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.107 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adcb',
    500: '#2b8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8cb5;
$custom-light: #79adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60319,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CB5

secondary

#C88D74

accent

#7343E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CB5

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

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