#2B8FA5#2B8FA5

#2B8FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.094 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8FA5
RGB	rgb(43, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -20.75, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 28.69, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0764 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.094 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6074, 22.8730, 39.0770)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8FA5 #A5412B

analogous

#2BA57E #2B8FA5 #2B52A5

triadic

#2B8FA5 #A52B8F #8FA52B

tetradic

#2B8FA5 #7E2BA5 #A5412B #52A52B

square

#2B8FA5 #7E2BA5 #A5412B #52A52B

split-complementary

#2B8FA5 #A52B52 #A57E2B

monochromatic

#123B44 #1E6574 #2B8FA5 #40B4CD #71C7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#2B8FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#2B8FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8FA5

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8FA5	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.094 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0bf',
    500: '#2b8fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8fa5;
$custom-light: #77b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60331,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8FA5

secondary

#C17A6B

accent

#6246E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8FA5

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

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