#2B8DAF#2B8DAF

#2B8DAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.101 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DAF
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 175)
HSL	hsl(195, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -16.33, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 30.61, 237.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0705 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.101 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2558, 22.6563, 43.9601)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DAF #AF4D2B

analogous

#2BAF8F #2B8DAF #2B4BAF

triadic

#2B8DAF #AF2B8D #8DAF2B

tetradic

#2B8DAF #8F2BAF #AF4D2B #4BAF2B

square

#2B8DAF #8F2BAF #AF4D2B #4BAF2B

split-complementary

#2B8DAF #AF2B4B #AF8F2B

monochromatic

#133E4D #1F657E #2B8DAF #46ADD1 #77C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2B8DAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2B8DAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DAF

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DAF	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8daf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.101 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec7',
    500: '#2b8daf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8daf;
$custom-light: #78aec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8daf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.455,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6028,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DAF

secondary

#C58670

accent

#6D44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DAF

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

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