#2B8EA3#2B8EA3

#2B8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.093 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EA3
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, -20.88, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 28.41, 222.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0762 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.093 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2773, 22.5019, 38.0760)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EA3 #A3402B

analogous

#2BA37C #2B8EA3 #2B52A3

triadic

#2B8EA3 #A32B8E #8EA32B

tetradic

#2B8EA3 #7C2BA3 #A3402B #52A32B

square

#2B8EA3 #7C2BA3 #A3402B #52A32B

split-complementary

#2B8EA3 #A32B52 #A37C2B

monochromatic

#113A42 #1E6473 #2B8EA3 #3FB4CC #6FC7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#2B8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#2B8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EA3

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EA3	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.093 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afbe',
    500: '#2b8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ea3;
$custom-light: #76afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59995,
    "c": 0.09326,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EA3

secondary

#C0796A

accent

#6146E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EA3

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

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