#2B8DA5#2B8DA5

#2B8DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.094 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DA5
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, -19.69, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 28.62, 226.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0744 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.094 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3098, 22.2779, 38.9778)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DA5 #A5432B

analogous

#2BA580 #2B8DA5 #2B50A5

triadic

#2B8DA5 #A52B8D #8DA52B

tetradic

#2B8DA5 #802BA5 #A5432B #50A52B

square

#2B8DA5 #802BA5 #A5432B #50A52B

split-complementary

#2B8DA5 #A52B50 #A5802B

monochromatic

#123A44 #1E6474 #2B8DA5 #40B1CD #71C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#2B8DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#2B8DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DA5

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DA5	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.094 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aebf',
    500: '#2b8da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8da5;
$custom-light: #77aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.803,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59831,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DA5

secondary

#C17C6B

accent

#6546E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DA5

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

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