#2B8DA9#2B8DA9

#2B8DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.097 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DA9
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -18.36, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 29.29, 231.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0728 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.097 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6796, 22.4258, 40.9253)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DA9 #A9472B

analogous

#2BA986 #2B8DA9 #2B4EA9

triadic

#2B8DA9 #A92B8D #8DA92B

tetradic

#2B8DA9 #862BA9 #A9472B #4EA92B

square

#2B8DA9 #862BA9 #A9472B #4EA92B

split-complementary

#2B8DA9 #A92B4E #A9862B

monochromatic

#123C47 #1F6478 #2B8DA9 #42B0CF #73C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2B8DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#2B8DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DA9

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DA9	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.097 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aec2',
    500: '#2b8da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8da9;
$custom-light: #77aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60008,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DA9

secondary

#C3806D

accent

#6845E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DA9

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

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