#2B97AE#2B97AE

#2B97AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B97AE
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -22.00, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 30.18, 223.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0808 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.099 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6996, 25.7004, 43.9586)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B97AE #AE422B

analogous

#2BAE83 #2B97AE #2B56AE

triadic

#2B97AE #AE2B97 #97AE2B

tetradic

#2B97AE #832BAE #AE422B #56AE2B

square

#2B97AE #832BAE #AE422B #56AE2B

split-complementary

#2B97AE #AE2B56 #AE832B

monochromatic

#13424C #1F6C7D #2B97AE #45B8D1 #76CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2B97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#2B97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97AE

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B97AE	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7585AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5c6',
    500: '#2b97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b97ae;
$custom-light: #79b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.534,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62704,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B97AE

secondary

#C57F70

accent

#6044E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B97AE

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

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