#2B97B8#2B97B8

#2B97B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B97B8
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -18.68, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 31.80, 234.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0769 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.105 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7110, 26.1050, 49.2853)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B97B8 #B84C2B

analogous

#2BB893 #2B97B8 #2B50B8

triadic

#2B97B8 #B82B97 #97B82B

tetradic

#2B97B8 #932BB8 #B84C2B #50B82B

square

#2B97B8 #932BB8 #B84C2B #50B82B

split-complementary

#2B97B8 #B82B50 #B8932B

monochromatic

#144655 #1F6E86 #2B97B8 #4BB5D5 #7DC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#2B97B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#2B97B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97B8

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B97B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B97B8	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8493BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b97b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5cd',
    500: '#2b97b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b97b8;
$custom-light: #7ab5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b97b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63141,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B97B8

secondary

#C98976

accent

#6943E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B97B8

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

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