#2B8FA8#2B8FA8

#2B8FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.096 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8FA8
RGB	rgb(43, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, -19.76, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 29.10, 227.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% -0.0752 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.096 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8836, 22.9836, 40.5319)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8FA8 #A8442B

analogous

#2BA883 #2B8FA8 #2B51A8

triadic

#2B8FA8 #A82B8F #8FA82B

tetradic

#2B8FA8 #832BA8 #A8442B #51A82B

square

#2B8FA8 #832BA8 #A8442B #51A82B

split-complementary

#2B8FA8 #A82B51 #A8832B

monochromatic

#123C47 #1F6677 #2B8FA8 #42B2CF #72C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2B8FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2B8FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8FA8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8FA8	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.096 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0c2',
    500: '#2b8fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8fa8;
$custom-light: #77b0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6046,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8FA8

secondary

#C27E6C

accent

#6545E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8FA8

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

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