#2B8EAA#2B8EAA

#2B8EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.097 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EAA
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, -18.56, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 29.45, 230.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0734 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.097 221)
XYZ	xyz(17.9219, 22.7598, 41.4709)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EAA #AA472B

analogous

#2BAA87 #2B8EAA #2B4FAA

triadic

#2B8EAA #AA2B8E #8EAA2B

tetradic

#2B8EAA #872BAA #AA472B #4FAA2B

square

#2B8EAA #872BAA #AA472B #4FAA2B

split-complementary

#2B8EAA #AA2B4F #AA872B

monochromatic

#123C48 #1F6579 #2B8EAA #43B0CF #74C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#2B8EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2B8EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EAA

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EAA	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.097 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afc3',
    500: '#2b8eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8eaa;
$custom-light: #77afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.228,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.603,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.22762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EAA

secondary

#C3806E

accent

#6845E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EAA

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

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