#2B8DAB#2B8DAB

#2B8DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.098 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DAB
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, -17.68, -23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 29.69, 233.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.072 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.098 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8688, 22.5015, 41.9217)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DAB #AB492B

analogous

#2BAB89 #2B8DAB #2B4DAB

triadic

#2B8DAB #AB2B8D #8DAB2B

tetradic

#2B8DAB #892BAB #AB492B #4DAB2B

square

#2B8DAB #892BAB #AB492B #4DAB2B

split-complementary

#2B8DAB #AB2B4D #AB892B

monochromatic

#123C49 #1F657A #2B8DAB #43AFD0 #74C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2B8DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2B8DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DAB

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DAB	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.098 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aec4',
    500: '#2b8dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8dab;
$custom-light: #77aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.063,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60097,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DAB

secondary

#C4826E

accent

#6A45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DAB

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

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