#2B8CB7#2B8CB7

#2B8CB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.108 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CB7
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 183)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 23.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -13.01, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 33.09, 246.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0665 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.108 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9181, 22.6864, 48.1724)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CB7 #B7562B

analogous

#2BB79C #2B8CB7 #2B46B7

triadic

#2B8CB7 #B72B8C #8CB72B

tetradic

#2B8CB7 #9C2BB7 #B7562B #46B72B

square

#2B8CB7 #9C2BB7 #B7562B #46B72B

split-complementary

#2B8CB7 #B72B46 #B79C2B

monochromatic

#144054 #1F6685 #2B8CB7 #4BAAD5 #7CC2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2B8CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2B8CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CB7

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CB7	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.108 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adcc',
    500: '#2b8cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8cb7;
$custom-light: #79adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60416,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CB7

secondary

#C98F75

accent

#7543E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CB7

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

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