#2896B9#2896B9

#2896B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.107 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2896B9
RGB	rgb(40, 150, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -18.14, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 32.37, 235.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0767 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.107 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5347, 25.7641, 49.7802)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2896B9 #B94B28

analogous

#28B994 #2896B9 #284EB9

triadic

#2896B9 #B92896 #96B928

tetradic

#2896B9 #9428B9 #B94B28 #4EB928

square

#2896B9 #9428B9 #B94B28 #4EB928

split-complementary

#2896B9 #B9284E #B99428

monochromatic

#124454 #1D6D87 #2896B9 #47B4D7 #79C9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2896B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#2896B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2896B9

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2896B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2896B9	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F85B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2896b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 150, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.107 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5ce',
    500: '#2896b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2896b9;
$custom-light: #79b5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2896b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62877,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2896B9

secondary

#CA8873

accent

#6940E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2896B9

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

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