#2B7D9C#2B7D9C

#2B7D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.091 H 227.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B7D9C
RGB	rgb(43, 125, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, -13.99, -23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 27.57, 239.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% -0.0615 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.091 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3282, 17.5795, 34.0841)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B7D9C #9C4A2B

analogous

#2B9C83 #2B7D9C #2B459C

triadic

#2B7D9C #9C2B7D #7D9C2B

tetradic

#2B7D9C #832B9C #9C4A2B #459C2B

square

#2B7D9C #832B9C #9C4A2B #459C2B

split-complementary

#2B7D9C #9C2B45 #9C832B

monochromatic

#11303C #1E576C #2B7D9C #3BA2C9 #6BB9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#2B7D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#2B7D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B7D9C

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B7D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B7D9C	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b7d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 125, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.091 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a2b9',
    500: '#2b7d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b7d9c;
$custom-light: #74a2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b7d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.46,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55432,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B7D9C

secondary

#BD7E66

accent

#7248E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B7D9C

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

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