#2ba8b8

Color #2ba8b8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.15 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#2ba8b8

RGB

rgb(43, 168, 184)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 62.1%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 76.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(76.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(63.32, -27.44, -17.81)

LCH

lch(63.32, 32.71, 212.99)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.1058, 207.95)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 16.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b83b2b

Analogous

#2bb881

#2ba8b8

#2b62b8

Triadic

#2ba8b8

#b82ba8

#a8b82b

Split-complementary

#2ba8b8

#b82b62

#b8812b

Tetradic

#2ba8b8

#3b2bb8

#b83b2b

#a8b82b

Square

#2ba8b8

#812bb8

#b83b2b

#62b82b

Shades

Color #2ba8b8 mixed toward black.

#248c99

#1d707b

#16545c

#0e383d

#071c1f

Tints

Color #2ba8b8 mixed toward white.

#40c2d2

#66cedb

#8cdae4

#b3e6ed

#d9f3f6

Tones

Color #2ba8b8 mixed toward gray.

#379fac

#4296a0

#4e8d95

#5a8489

#667b7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778b4 · ΔE 28.6

Deuteranopia

#7067b3 · ΔE 32.7

Tritanopia

#3ab1b1 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2ba8b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2ba8b8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2ba8b8 (#2ba8b8) is rgb(43, 168, 184) in RGB.

No, #2ba8b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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