#2B8DA1#2B8DA1

#2B8DA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.092 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DA1
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 161)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -21.01, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 28.12, 221.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0761 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.092 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9514, 22.1346, 37.0903)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DA1 #A13F2B

analogous

#2BA17A #2B8DA1 #2B52A1

triadic

#2B8DA1 #A12B8D #8DA12B

tetradic

#2B8DA1 #7A2BA1 #A13F2B #52A12B

square

#2B8DA1 #7A2BA1 #A13F2B #52A12B

split-complementary

#2B8DA1 #A12B52 #A17A2B

monochromatic

#113840 #1E6371 #2B8DA1 #3EB3CB #6EC6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2B8DA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2B8DA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DA1

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DA1	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#7F88A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8da1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.092 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aebc',
    500: '#2b8da1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8da1;
$custom-light: #76aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8da1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.169,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5966,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DA1

secondary

#BF7769

accent

#6147E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DA1

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

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