#2B8DB0#2B8DB0

#2B8DB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.102 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DB0
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 176)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -15.99, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 30.86, 238.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0701 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.102 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3544, 22.6958, 44.4792)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DB0 #B04E2B

analogous

#2BB090 #2B8DB0 #2B4BB0

triadic

#2B8DB0 #B02B8D #8DB02B

tetradic

#2B8DB0 #902BB0 #B04E2B #4BB02B

square

#2B8DB0 #902BB0 #B04E2B #4BB02B

split-complementary

#2B8DB0 #B02B4B #B0902B

monochromatic

#133E4E #1F667F #2B8DB0 #46ADD2 #78C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2B8DB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2B8DB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DB0

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DB0	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8db0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.102 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec7',
    500: '#2b8db0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8db0;
$custom-light: #78aec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8db0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 60.731,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60326,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DB0

secondary

#C68771

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DB0

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

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