#2B8DC6#2B8DC6

#2B8DC6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.123 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8DC6
RGB	rgb(43, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -8.28, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 38.33, 257.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.0624 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.123 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7102, 23.6381, 56.8862)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8DC6 #C6642B

analogous

#2BC6B2 #2B8DC6 #2B3FC6

triadic

#2B8DC6 #C62B8D #8DC62B

tetradic

#2B8DC6 #B22BC6 #C6642B #3FC62B

square

#2B8DC6 #B22BC6 #C6642B #3FC62B

split-complementary

#2B8DC6 #C62B3F #C6B22B

monochromatic

#154561 #206994 #2B8DC6 #54A9DA #87C2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#2B8DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#2B8DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8DC6

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8DC6	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.123 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caed7',
    500: '#2b8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8dc6;
$custom-light: #7caed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.065,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61415,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8DC6

secondary

#CE9C7F

accent

#7E40E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8DC6

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

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