#2B8EAE#2B8EAE

#2B8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.100 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EAE
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -17.21, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 30.28, 235.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% -0.0718 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.1 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3061, 22.9134, 43.4941)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EAE #AE4B2B

analogous

#2BAE8C #2B8EAE #2B4DAE

triadic

#2B8EAE #AE2B8E #8EAE2B

tetradic

#2B8EAE #8C2BAE #AE4B2B #4DAE2B

square

#2B8EAE #8C2BAE #AE4B2B #4DAE2B

split-complementary

#2B8EAE #AE2B4D #AE8C2B

monochromatic

#133E4C #1F667D #2B8EAE #45AFD1 #76C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#2B8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#2B8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EAE

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EAE	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.100 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afc6',
    500: '#2b8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8eae;
$custom-light: #78afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.656,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6048,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EAE

secondary

#C58570

accent

#6B44E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EAE

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

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