#2B8EAD#2B8EAD

#2B8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.099 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EAD
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -17.55, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 30.06, 234.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0722 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.099 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2090, 22.8746, 42.9826)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EAD #AD4A2B

analogous

#2BAD8B #2B8EAD #2B4DAD

triadic

#2B8EAD #AD2B8E #8EAD2B

tetradic

#2B8EAD #8B2BAD #AD4A2B #4DAD2B

square

#2B8EAD #8B2BAD #AD4A2B #4DAD2B

split-complementary

#2B8EAD #AD2B4D #AD8B2B

monochromatic

#133E4B #1F667C #2B8EAD #45AFD1 #76C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2B8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2B8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EAD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EAD	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.099 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc5',
    500: '#2b8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ead;
$custom-light: #78afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.308,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60435,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EAD

secondary

#C4846F

accent

#6A44E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EAD

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

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