#2B97BD#2B97BD

#2B97BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.109 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B97BD
RGB	rgb(43, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -16.98, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 32.97, 238.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.075 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.109 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2444, 26.3184, 52.0945)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B97BD #BD512B

analogous

#2BBD9A #2B97BD #2B4EBD

triadic

#2B97BD #BD2B97 #97BD2B

tetradic

#2B97BD #9A2BBD #BD512B #4EBD2B

square

#2B97BD #9A2BBD #BD512B #4EBD2B

split-complementary

#2B97BD #BD2B4E #BD9A2B

monochromatic

#144759 #206F8B #2B97BD #4EB3D7 #80C9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#2B97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#2B97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97BD

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B97BD	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#8394BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F86BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.109 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb5d1',
    500: '#2b97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b97bd;
$custom-light: #7bb5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63369,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B97BD

secondary

#CB8E79

accent

#6D42E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B97BD

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

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