#2B8EB6#2B8EB6

#2B8EB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.107 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EB6
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -14.47, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 32.38, 243.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0688 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.107 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1093, 23.2347, 47.7245)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EB6 #B6532B

analogous

#2BB699 #2B8EB6 #2B49B6

triadic

#2B8EB6 #B62B8E #8EB62B

tetradic

#2B8EB6 #992BB6 #B6532B #49B62B

square

#2B8EB6 #992BB6 #B6532B #49B62B

split-complementary

#2B8EB6 #B62B49 #B6992B

monochromatic

#144153 #1F6784 #2B8EB6 #4AACD4 #7BC3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2B8EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#2B8EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EB6

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EB6	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.107 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afcc',
    500: '#2b8eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8eb6;
$custom-light: #79afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60854,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EB6

secondary

#C88D75

accent

#7243E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EB6

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

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