#2B8DAC#2B8DAC

#2B8DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.099 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DAC
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, -17.35, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 29.91, 234.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0716 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.099 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9645, 22.5398, 42.4255)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DAC #AC4A2B

analogous

#2BAC8B #2B8DAC #2B4CAC

triadic

#2B8DAC #AC2B8D #8DAC2B

tetradic

#2B8DAC #8B2BAC #AC4A2B #4CAC2B

square

#2B8DAC #8B2BAC #AC4A2B #4CAC2B

split-complementary

#2B8DAC #AC2B4C #AC8B2B

monochromatic

#133D4A #1F657B #2B8DAC #44AFD0 #75C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2B8DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2B8DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DAC

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DAC	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.099 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec4',
    500: '#2b8dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8dac;
$custom-light: #78aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.419,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60143,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DAC

secondary

#C4836F

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DAC

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

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