#2B8EA8#2B8EA8

#2B8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.096 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EA8
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -19.23, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 29.10, 228.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.0742 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.096 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7342, 22.6847, 40.4821)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EA8 #A8452B

analogous

#2BA884 #2B8EA8 #2B50A8

triadic

#2B8EA8 #A82B8E #8EA82B

tetradic

#2B8EA8 #842BA8 #A8452B #50A82B

square

#2B8EA8 #842BA8 #A8452B #50A82B

split-complementary

#2B8EA8 #A82B50 #A8842B

monochromatic

#123C47 #1F6577 #2B8EA8 #42B1CF #72C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2B8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2B8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EA8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EA8	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.096 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc2',
    500: '#2b8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ea8;
$custom-light: #77afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.48,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60212,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EA8

secondary

#C27E6C

accent

#6645E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EA8

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

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