#2B8DB6#2B8DB6

#2B8DB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.107 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DB6
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -13.92, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 32.57, 244.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0679 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.107 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9612, 22.9385, 47.6751)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DB6 #B6542B

analogous

#2BB69A #2B8DB6 #2B48B6

triadic

#2B8DB6 #B62B8D #8DB62B

tetradic

#2B8DB6 #9A2BB6 #B6542B #48B62B

square

#2B8DB6 #9A2BB6 #B6542B #48B62B

split-complementary

#2B8DB6 #B62B48 #B69A2B

monochromatic

#144053 #1F6784 #2B8DB6 #4AABD4 #7BC2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2B8DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#2B8DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DB6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DB6	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.107 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aecc',
    500: '#2b8db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8db6;
$custom-light: #79aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6061,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DB6

secondary

#C88D75

accent

#7343E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DB6

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

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