#2B8EA5#2B8EA5

#2B8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.094 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EA5
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -20.22, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 28.65, 225.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0754 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.094 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4579, 22.5741, 39.0272)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EA5 #A5422B

analogous

#2BA57F #2B8EA5 #2B51A5

triadic

#2B8EA5 #A52B8E #8EA52B

tetradic

#2B8EA5 #7F2BA5 #A5422B #51A52B

square

#2B8EA5 #7F2BA5 #A5422B #51A52B

split-complementary

#2B8EA5 #A52B51 #A57F2B

monochromatic

#123A44 #1E6474 #2B8EA5 #40B3CD #71C6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2B8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2B8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EA5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EA5	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.094 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbf',
    500: '#2b8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ea5;
$custom-light: #77afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60081,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EA5

secondary

#C17B6B

accent

#6346E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EA5

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

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