#2B8DAE#2B8DAE

#2B8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.100 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DAE
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -16.67, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 30.37, 236.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0708 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.1 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1580, 22.6172, 43.4448)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DAE #AE4C2B

analogous

#2BAE8E #2B8DAE #2B4BAE

triadic

#2B8DAE #AE2B8D #8DAE2B

tetradic

#2B8DAE #8E2BAE #AE4C2B #4BAE2B

square

#2B8DAE #8E2BAE #AE4C2B #4BAE2B

split-complementary

#2B8DAE #AE2B4B #AE8E2B

monochromatic

#133D4C #1F657D #2B8DAE #45AED1 #76C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2B8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2B8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DAE

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DAE	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.100 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec6',
    500: '#2b8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8dae;
$custom-light: #78aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60234,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DAE

secondary

#C58570

accent

#6C44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DAE

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

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