#2B8DB4#2B8DB4

#2B8DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.105 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DB4
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, -14.61, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 31.97, 242.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0686 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.105 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7560, 22.8564, 46.5944)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DB4 #B4522B

analogous

#2BB496 #2B8DB4 #2B48B4

triadic

#2B8DB4 #B42B8D #8DB42B

tetradic

#2B8DB4 #962BB4 #B4522B #48B42B

square

#2B8DB4 #962BB4 #B4522B #48B42B

split-complementary

#2B8DB4 #B42B48 #B4962B

monochromatic

#134051 #1F6683 #2B8DB4 #49ACD3 #7AC2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2B8DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2B8DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DB4

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DB4	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.105 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeca',
    500: '#2b8db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8db4;
$custom-light: #79aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.08,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60515,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DB4

secondary

#C78B73

accent

#7143E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DB4

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

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