#2B97BC#2B97BC

#2B97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B97BC
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -17.32, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 32.72, 238.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0753 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.108 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1362, 26.2751, 51.5248)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B97BC #BC502B

analogous

#2BBC98 #2B97BC #2B4FBC

triadic

#2B97BC #BC2B97 #97BC2B

tetradic

#2B97BC #982BBC #BC502B #4FBC2B

square

#2B97BC #982BBC #BC502B #4FBC2B

split-complementary

#2B97BC #BC2B4F #BC982B

monochromatic

#144758 #206F8A #2B97BC #4EB4D6 #80C9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#2B97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#2B97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97BC

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B97BC	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5d0',
    500: '#2b97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b97bc;
$custom-light: #7bb5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.31,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63323,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B97BC

secondary

#CB8D78

accent

#6C42E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B97BC

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

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