#2B99BC#2B99BC

#2B99BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.108 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B99BC
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -18.40, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 32.52, 235.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0773 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.108 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4608, 26.9243, 51.6330)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B99BC #BC4E2B

analogous

#2BBC97 #2B99BC #2B50BC

triadic

#2B99BC #BC2B99 #99BC2B

tetradic

#2B99BC #972BBC #BC4E2B #50BC2B

square

#2B99BC #972BBC #BC4E2B #50BC2B

split-complementary

#2B99BC #BC2B50 #BC972B

monochromatic

#144858 #20708A #2B99BC #4EB5D6 #80CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2B99BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2B99BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B99BC

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B99BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B99BC	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b99bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.108 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7d0',
    500: '#2b99bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b99bc;
$custom-light: #7bb7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b99bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63809,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B99BC

secondary

#CB8C78

accent

#6A42E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B99BC

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

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