#2B8FA9#2B8FA9

#2B8FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.097 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8FA9
RGB	rgb(43, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -19.43, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 29.26, 228.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% -0.0748 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.097 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9772, 23.0210, 41.0245)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8FA9 #A9452B

analogous

#2BA984 #2B8FA9 #2B50A9

triadic

#2B8FA9 #A92B8F #8FA92B

tetradic

#2B8FA9 #842BA9 #A9452B #50A92B

square

#2B8FA9 #842BA9 #A9452B #50A92B

split-complementary

#2B8FA9 #A92B50 #A9842B

monochromatic

#123C47 #1F6678 #2B8FA9 #42B2CF #73C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#2B8FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#2B8FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8FA9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8FA9	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)

#7F8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.097 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0c2',
    500: '#2b8fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8fa9;
$custom-light: #77b0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.381,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60504,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8FA9

secondary

#C37F6D

accent

#6645E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8FA9

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

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