#2B8EA6#2B8EA6

#2B8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.095 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EA6
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -19.89, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 28.79, 226.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.075 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.095 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5493, 22.6107, 39.5084)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EA6 #A6432B

analogous

#2BA680 #2B8EA6 #2B50A6

triadic

#2B8EA6 #A62B8E #8EA62B

tetradic

#2B8EA6 #802BA6 #A6432B #50A62B

square

#2B8EA6 #802BA6 #A6432B #50A62B

split-complementary

#2B8EA6 #A62B50 #A6802B

monochromatic

#123B45 #1E6475 #2B8EA6 #41B2CE #71C6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2B8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2B8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EA6

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EA6	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#7E8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.095 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc0',
    500: '#2b8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ea6;
$custom-light: #77afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60124,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EA6

secondary

#C17C6B

accent

#6446E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EA6

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

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