#2B8EA9#2B8EA9

#2B8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.097 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EA9
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -18.89, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 29.27, 229.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0738 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.097 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8277, 22.7221, 40.9746)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EA9 #A9462B

analogous

#2BA985 #2B8EA9 #2B4FA9

triadic

#2B8EA9 #A92B8E #8EA92B

tetradic

#2B8EA9 #852BA9 #A9462B #4FA92B

square

#2B8EA9 #852BA9 #A9462B #4FA92B

split-complementary

#2B8EA9 #A92B4F #A9852B

monochromatic

#123C47 #1F6578 #2B8EA9 #42B1CF #73C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2B8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2B8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EA9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EA9	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)

#7E8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.097 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc2',
    500: '#2b8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ea9;
$custom-light: #77afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60256,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EA9

secondary

#C37F6D

accent

#6745E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EA9

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

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