#2B96AE#2B96AE

#2B96AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.099 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B96AE
RGB	rgb(43, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -21.47, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 30.13, 224.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0798 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.099 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5394, 25.3799, 43.9052)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2B96AE #AE432B

analogous

#2BAE84 #2B96AE #2B55AE

triadic

#2B96AE #AE2B96 #96AE2B

tetradic

#2B96AE #842BAE #AE432B #55AE2B

square

#2B96AE #842BAE #AE432B #55AE2B

split-complementary

#2B96AE #AE2B55 #AE842B

monochromatic

#13414C #1F6C7D #2B96AE #45B7D1 #76CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2B96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#2B96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B96AE

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B96AE	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8691AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7484AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.099 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5c6',
    500: '#2b96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b96ae;
$custom-light: #79b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62457,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B96AE

secondary

#C57F70

accent

#6144E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B96AE

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

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