#2B8DAA#2B8DAA

#2B8DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.098 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DAA
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -18.02, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 29.49, 232.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0724 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.098 222)
XYZ	xyz(17.7738, 22.4635, 41.4216)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DAA #AA482B

analogous

#2BAA88 #2B8DAA #2B4EAA

triadic

#2B8DAA #AA2B8D #8DAA2B

tetradic

#2B8DAA #882BAA #AA482B #4EAA2B

square

#2B8DAA #882BAA #AA482B #4EAA2B

split-complementary

#2B8DAA #AA2B4E #AA882B

monochromatic

#123C48 #1F6479 #2B8DAA #43AFCF #74C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2B8DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#2B8DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DAA

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DAA	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#7C89AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.098 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aec3',
    500: '#2b8daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8daa;
$custom-light: #77aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.701,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60052,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.22466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DAA

secondary

#C3816E

accent

#6945E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DAA

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

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