#2B97AF#2B97AF

#2B97AF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B97AF
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 175)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -21.67, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 30.29, 224.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0804 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.1 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7975, 25.7396, 44.4740)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2B97AF #AF432B

analogous

#2BAF85 #2B97AF #2B55AF

triadic

#2B97AF #AF2B97 #97AF2B

tetradic

#2B97AF #852BAF #AF432B #55AF2B

square

#2B97AF #852BAF #AF432B #55AF2B

split-complementary

#2B97AF #AF2B55 #AF852B

monochromatic

#13424D #1F6D7E #2B97AF #46B8D1 #77CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2B97AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#2B97AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97AF

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B97AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B97AF	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7585AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b97af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b5c7',
    500: '#2b97af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b97af;
$custom-light: #79b5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b97af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62747,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B97AF

secondary

#C58070

accent

#6144E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B97AF

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

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