#2B8FB3#2B8FB3

#2B8FB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.104 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8FB3
RGB	rgb(43, 143, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 20.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, -16.05, -26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 31.39, 239.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0709 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.104 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9521, 23.4109, 46.1590)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8FB3 #B34F2B

analogous

#2BB393 #2B8FB3 #2B4BB3

triadic

#2B8FB3 #B32B8F #8FB32B

tetradic

#2B8FB3 #932BB3 #B34F2B #4BB32B

square

#2B8FB3 #932BB3 #B34F2B #4BB32B

split-complementary

#2B8FB3 #B32B4B #B3932B

monochromatic

#134050 #1F6882 #2B8FB3 #48AED3 #79C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#2B8FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#2B8FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8FB3

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8FB3	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 143, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.104 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afca',
    500: '#2b8fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8fb3;
$custom-light: #79afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60956,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8FB3

secondary

#C78973

accent

#6E43E4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8FB3

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

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