#2B8DB5#2B8DB5

#2B8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.106 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DB5
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -14.27, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 32.26, 243.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0682 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.106 230)
XYZ	xyz(18.8582, 22.8973, 47.1328)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DB5 #B5532B

analogous

#2BB598 #2B8DB5 #2B48B5

triadic

#2B8DB5 #B52B8D #8DB52B

tetradic

#2B8DB5 #982BB5 #B5532B #48B52B

square

#2B8DB5 #982BB5 #B5532B #48B52B

split-complementary

#2B8DB5 #B52B48 #B5982B

monochromatic

#144052 #1F6684 #2B8DB5 #49ACD4 #7BC2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2B8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2B8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DB5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DB5	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.106 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aecb',
    500: '#2b8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8db5;
$custom-light: #79aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60562,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DB5

secondary

#C88C74

accent

#7243E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DB5

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

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