#2B7E9C#2B7E9C

#2B7E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.090 H 226.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B7E9C
RGB	rgb(43, 126, 156)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, -14.55, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 27.45, 238.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% -0.0625 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.09 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4554, 17.8339, 34.1265)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B7E9C #9C492B

analogous

#2B9C82 #2B7E9C #2B469C

triadic

#2B7E9C #9C2B7E #7E9C2B

tetradic

#2B7E9C #822B9C #9C492B #469C2B

square

#2B7E9C #822B9C #9C492B #469C2B

split-complementary

#2B7E9C #9C2B46 #9C822B

monochromatic

#11313C #1E576C #2B7E9C #3BA3C9 #6BBAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#2B7E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#2B7E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B7E9C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B7E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B7E9C	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E709C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b7e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 126, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.090 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a3b9',
    500: '#2b7e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b7e9c;
$custom-light: #74a3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b7e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.929,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55681,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B7E9C

secondary

#BD7D66

accent

#7048E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF3F6

border

#C9CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B7E9C

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

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