#2B7D9F#2B7D9F

#2B7D9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.093 H 229.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B7D9F
RGB	rgb(43, 125, 159)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(198, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 21.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, -12.95, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 28.44, 242.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% -0.0603 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.093 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5854, 17.6824, 35.4385)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B7D9F #9F4D2B

analogous

#2B9F87 #2B7D9F #2B439F

triadic

#2B7D9F #9F2B7D #7D9F2B

tetradic

#2B7D9F #872B9F #9F4D2B #439F2B

square

#2B7D9F #872B9F #9F4D2B #439F2B

split-complementary

#2B7D9F #9F2B43 #9F872B

monochromatic

#11313F #1E576F #2B7D9F #3DA1CA #6DB8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#2B7D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#2B7D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B7D9F

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B7D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B7D9F	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C709F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b7d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 125, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.093 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a2bb',
    500: '#2b7d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b7d9f;
$custom-light: #74a2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b7d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.586,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55575,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B7D9F

secondary

#BE8167

accent

#7447E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B7D9F

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

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