#2B8DAD#2B8DAD

#2B8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.100 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DAD
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -17.01, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 30.13, 235.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0712 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.1 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0609, 22.5783, 42.9332)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DAD #AD4B2B

analogous

#2BAD8C #2B8DAD #2B4CAD

triadic

#2B8DAD #AD2B8D #8DAD2B

tetradic

#2B8DAD #8C2BAD #AD4B2B #4CAD2B

square

#2B8DAD #8C2BAD #AD4B2B #4CAD2B

split-complementary

#2B8DAD #AD2B4C #AD8C2B

monochromatic

#133D4B #1F657C #2B8DAD #45AED1 #76C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2B8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2B8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DAD

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DAD	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.100 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec5',
    500: '#2b8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8dad;
$custom-light: #78aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60188,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DAD

secondary

#C4846F

accent

#6C44E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DAD

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

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