#2B97B9#2B97B9

#2B97B9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B97B9
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 185)
HSL	hsl(194, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -18.34, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 32.02, 235.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0765 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.106 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8162, 26.1471, 49.8393)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B97B9 #B94D2B

analogous

#2BB994 #2B97B9 #2B50B9

triadic

#2B97B9 #B92B97 #97B92B

tetradic

#2B97B9 #942BB9 #B94D2B #50B92B

square

#2B97B9 #942BB9 #B94D2B #50B92B

split-complementary

#2B97B9 #B92B50 #B9942B

monochromatic

#144656 #1F6E87 #2B97B9 #4CB4D5 #7EC9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#2B97B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#2B97B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97B9

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B97B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B97B9	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8494BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b97b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab5ce',
    500: '#2b97b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b97b9;
$custom-light: #7ab5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b97b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63186,
    "c": 0.10611,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B97B9

secondary

#C98A76

accent

#6942E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B97B9

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

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