#2B7F9D#2B7F9D

#2B7F9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.091 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B7F9D
RGB	rgb(43, 127, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, -14.76, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 27.60, 237.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% -0.0632 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.091 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6690, 18.1250, 34.6171)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B7F9D #9D492B

analogous

#2B9D82 #2B7F9D #2B469D

triadic

#2B7F9D #9D2B7F #7F9D2B

tetradic

#2B7F9D #822B9D #9D492B #469D2B

square

#2B7F9D #822B9D #9D492B #469D2B

split-complementary

#2B7F9D #9D2B46 #9D822B

monochromatic

#11313D #1E586D #2B7F9D #3CA4CA #6CBBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#2B7F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#2B7F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B7F9D

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B7F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B7F9D	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F719D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b7f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 127, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.091 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a4ba',
    500: '#2b7f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b7f9d;
$custom-light: #74a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b7f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55978,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B7F9D

secondary

#BD7D66

accent

#7048E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B7F9D

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

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