#2B8FB5#2B8FB5

#2B8FB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.105 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8FB5
RGB	rgb(43, 143, 181)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 21%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, -15.37, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 31.93, 241.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0702 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.105 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1558, 23.4924, 47.2320)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8FB5 #B5512B

analogous

#2BB596 #2B8FB5 #2B4AB5

triadic

#2B8FB5 #B52B8F #8FB52B

tetradic

#2B8FB5 #962BB5 #B5512B #4AB52B

square

#2B8FB5 #962BB5 #B5512B #4AB52B

split-complementary

#2B8FB5 #B52B4A #B5962B

monochromatic

#144152 #1F6884 #2B8FB5 #49AED4 #7BC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#2B8FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#2B8FB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8FB5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8FB5	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 143, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.105 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afcb',
    500: '#2b8fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8fb5;
$custom-light: #79afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6105,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8FB5

secondary

#C88B74

accent

#7043E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8FB5

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

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