#2B96BC#2B96BC

#2B96BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.109 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B96BC
RGB	rgb(43, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -16.78, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 32.84, 239.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0744 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.109 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9760, 25.9546, 51.4714)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B96BC #BC512B

analogous

#2BBC99 #2B96BC #2B4DBC

triadic

#2B96BC #BC2B96 #96BC2B

tetradic

#2B96BC #992BBC #BC512B #4DBC2B

square

#2B96BC #992BBC #BC512B #4DBC2B

split-complementary

#2B96BC #BC2B4D #BC992B

monochromatic

#144758 #206E8A #2B96BC #4EB3D6 #80C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2B96BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#2B96BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B96BC

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B96BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B96BC	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8293BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b96bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.109 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5d0',
    500: '#2b96bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b96bc;
$custom-light: #7bb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b96bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6308,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B96BC

secondary

#CB8E78

accent

#6D42E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B96BC

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

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