#2B97C4#2B97C4

#2B97C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.115 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B97C4
RGBrgb(43, 151, 196)
HSLhsl(198, 64%, 47%)
HSVhsv(198, 78%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(78.1%, 23%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(58.63, -14.58, -31.75)
CIE-LCHlch(58.63, 34.94, 245.34°)
OKLaboklab(63.7% -0.0724 -0.0894)
OKLCHoklch(63.7% 0.115 231)
XYZxyz(22.0226, 26.6296, 56.1932)
Luminance0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B97C4 #C4582B
analogous
#2BC4A5 #2B97C4 #2B4BC4
triadic
#2B97C4 #C42B97 #97C42B
tetradic
#2B97C4 #A52BC4 #C4582B #4BC42B
square
#2B97C4 #A52BC4 #C4582B #4BC42B
split-complementary
#2B97C4 #C42B4B #C4A52B
monochromatic
#154A60 #207092 #2B97C4 #53B2D9 #85C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32
#2B97C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33
#2B97C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B97C4
6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B97C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2B97C41.003.326.336.33
#FFFFFF3.321.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3321.001.001.00
##0000006.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8095C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C87C3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A3A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b97c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 151, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.115 231.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb5d6',
    500: '#2b97c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b97c4;
$custom-light: #7cb5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b97c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63699,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.26632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B97C4
secondary
#CE957D
accent
#7241E7
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#EFF6FA
border
#CAD0D3
text
#0B1114
muted
#7C8083

Preview Lab

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#2B97C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva