#2B8EA2#2B8EA2

#2B8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.093 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EA2
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -21.21, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 28.30, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.0767 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.093 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1881, 22.4662, 37.6060)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EA2 #A23F2B

analogous

#2BA27A #2B8EA2 #2B52A2

triadic

#2B8EA2 #A22B8E #8EA22B

tetradic

#2B8EA2 #7A2BA2 #A23F2B #52A22B

square

#2B8EA2 #7A2BA2 #A23F2B #52A22B

split-complementary

#2B8EA2 #A22B52 #A27A2B

monochromatic

#113941 #1E6472 #2B8EA2 #3EB4CC #6FC7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2B8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#2B8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EA2

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EA2	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.093 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afbd',
    500: '#2b8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ea2;
$custom-light: #76afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.084,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59953,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EA2

secondary

#C07869

accent

#6147E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EA2

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

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