#2B8EC6#2B8EC6

#2B8EC6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.122 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8EC6
RGB	rgb(43, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -8.85, -36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 38.00, 256.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0633 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.122 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8583, 23.9343, 56.9356)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8EC6 #C6632B

analogous

#2BC6B0 #2B8EC6 #2B41C6

triadic

#2B8EC6 #C62B8E #8EC62B

tetradic

#2B8EC6 #B02BC6 #C6632B #41C62B

square

#2B8EC6 #B02BC6 #C6632B #41C62B

split-complementary

#2B8EC6 #C62B41 #C6B02B

monochromatic

#154661 #206A94 #2B8EC6 #54AADA #87C3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#2B8EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#2B8EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8EC6

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8EC6	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738EC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E80C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.122 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caed7',
    500: '#2b8ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8ec6;
$custom-light: #7caed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.677,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61651,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8EC6

secondary

#CE9B7F

accent

#7D40E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8EC6

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

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