#2B8EB4#2B8EB4

#2B8EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.105 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EB4
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -15.16, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 31.80, 241.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0696 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.105 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9041, 23.1526, 46.6438)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EB4 #B4512B

analogous

#2BB495 #2B8EB4 #2B49B4

triadic

#2B8EB4 #B42B8E #8EB42B

tetradic

#2B8EB4 #952BB4 #B4512B #49B42B

square

#2B8EB4 #952BB4 #B4512B #49B42B

split-complementary

#2B8EB4 #B42B49 #B4952B

monochromatic

#134051 #1F6783 #2B8EB4 #49ADD3 #7AC3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#2B8EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#2B8EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EB4

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EB4	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.105 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afca',
    500: '#2b8eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8eb4;
$custom-light: #79afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60759,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EB4

secondary

#C78B73

accent

#7043E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EB4

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

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