#2B8CBC#2B8CBC

#2B8CBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.113 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8CBC
RGB	rgb(43, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -11.26, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 34.80, 251.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0648 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.113 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4478, 22.8983, 50.9620)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8CBC #BC5B2B

analogous

#2BBCA3 #2B8CBC #2B43BC

triadic

#2B8CBC #BC2B8C #8CBC2B

tetradic

#2B8CBC #A32BBC #BC5B2B #43BC2B

square

#2B8CBC #A32BBC #BC5B2B #43BC2B

split-complementary

#2B8CBC #BC2B43 #BCA32B

monochromatic

#144258 #20678A #2B8CBC #4EA9D6 #80C1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2B8CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2B8CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8CBC

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8CBC	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.113 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadd0',
    500: '#2b8cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8cbc;
$custom-light: #7aadd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.862,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60664,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8CBC

secondary

#CB9478

accent

#7842E6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8CBC

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

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