#2B8DB2#2B8DB2

#2B8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.104 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DB2
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -15.30, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 31.40, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0693 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.104 228)
XYZ	xyz(18.5537, 22.7755, 45.5291)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DB2 #B2502B

analogous

#2BB293 #2B8DB2 #2B4AB2

triadic

#2B8DB2 #B22B8D #8DB22B

tetradic

#2B8DB2 #932BB2 #B2502B #4AB22B

square

#2B8DB2 #932BB2 #B2502B #4AB22B

split-complementary

#2B8DB2 #B22B4A #B2932B

monochromatic

#133F4F #1F6681 #2B8DB2 #48ADD3 #79C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2B8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2B8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DB2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DB2	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.104 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aec9',
    500: '#2b8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8db2;
$custom-light: #78aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6042,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.22778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DB2

secondary

#C78972

accent

#7044E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DB2

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

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