#2B8EB5#2B8EB5

#2B8EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.106 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EB5
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -14.82, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 32.09, 242.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0692 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.106 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0064, 23.1935, 47.1822)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EB5 #B5522B

analogous

#2BB597 #2B8EB5 #2B49B5

triadic

#2B8EB5 #B52B8E #8EB52B

tetradic

#2B8EB5 #972BB5 #B5522B #49B52B

square

#2B8EB5 #972BB5 #B5522B #49B52B

split-complementary

#2B8EB5 #B52B49 #B5972B

monochromatic

#144052 #1F6784 #2B8EB5 #49ADD4 #7BC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2B8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#2B8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EB5

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EB5	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.106 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afcb',
    500: '#2b8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8eb5;
$custom-light: #79afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60806,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EB5

secondary

#C88C74

accent

#7143E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EB5

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

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