#2B97B6#2B97B6

#2B97B6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.104 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B97B6
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 17%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -19.35, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 31.40, 231.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0776 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.104 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5028, 26.0217, 48.1890)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B97B6 #B64A2B

analogous

#2BB690 #2B97B6 #2B52B6

triadic

#2B97B6 #B62B97 #97B62B

tetradic

#2B97B6 #902BB6 #B64A2B #52B62B

square

#2B97B6 #902BB6 #B64A2B #52B62B

split-complementary

#2B97B6 #B62B52 #B6902B

monochromatic

#144553 #1F6E84 #2B97B6 #4AB5D4 #7BCAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#2B97B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#2B97B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97B6

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B97B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B97B6	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8593B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7286B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b97b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.104 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5cc',
    500: '#2b97b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b97b6;
$custom-light: #7ab5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b97b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.381,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63052,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B97B6

secondary

#C88775

accent

#6743E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B97B6

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

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