#2B8EA4#2B8EA4

#2B8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.094 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EA4
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -20.55, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 28.52, 223.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0758 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.094 216)
XYZ	xyz(17.3673, 22.5379, 38.5497)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EA4 #A4412B

analogous

#2BA47D #2B8EA4 #2B51A4

triadic

#2B8EA4 #A42B8E #8EA42B

tetradic

#2B8EA4 #7D2BA4 #A4412B #51A42B

square

#2B8EA4 #7D2BA4 #A4412B #51A42B

split-complementary

#2B8EA4 #A42B51 #A47D2B

monochromatic

#123A43 #1E6474 #2B8EA4 #3FB3CD #70C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2B8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2B8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EA4

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EA4	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.094 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afbf',
    500: '#2b8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ea4;
$custom-light: #76afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60038,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.2254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EA4

secondary

#C17A6A

accent

#6246E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EA4

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

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