#2B8EAC#2B8EAC

#2B8EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.099 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EAC
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -17.89, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 29.84, 233.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0726 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.099 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1126, 22.8360, 42.4749)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EAC #AC492B

analogous

#2BAC89 #2B8EAC #2B4EAC

triadic

#2B8EAC #AC2B8E #8EAC2B

tetradic

#2B8EAC #892BAC #AC492B #4EAC2B

square

#2B8EAC #892BAC #AC492B #4EAC2B

split-complementary

#2B8EAC #AC2B4E #AC892B

monochromatic

#133D4A #1F667B #2B8EAC #44B0D0 #75C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2B8EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2B8EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EAC

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EAC	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.099 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc4',
    500: '#2b8eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8eac;
$custom-light: #78afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6039,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EAC

secondary

#C4836F

accent

#6A45E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EAC

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

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