#2B8DB3#2B8DB3

#2B8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.104 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DB3
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -14.96, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 31.68, 241.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.069 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.104 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6545, 22.8158, 46.0598)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DB3 #B3512B

analogous

#2BB395 #2B8DB3 #2B49B3

triadic

#2B8DB3 #B32B8D #8DB32B

tetradic

#2B8DB3 #952BB3 #B3512B #49B32B

square

#2B8DB3 #952BB3 #B3512B #49B32B

split-complementary

#2B8DB3 #B32B49 #B3952B

monochromatic

#133F50 #1F6682 #2B8DB3 #48ACD3 #79C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2B8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#2B8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DB3

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DB3	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#798BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.104 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeca',
    500: '#2b8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8db3;
$custom-light: #79aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.765,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60467,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DB3

secondary

#C78A73

accent

#7043E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DB3

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

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