#2B99BD#2B99BD

#2B99BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B99BD
RGB	rgb(43, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -18.06, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 32.75, 236.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0769 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.109 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5690, 26.9676, 52.2027)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B99BD #BD4F2B

analogous

#2BBD98 #2B99BD #2B50BD

triadic

#2B99BD #BD2B99 #99BD2B

tetradic

#2B99BD #982BBD #BD4F2B #50BD2B

square

#2B99BD #982BBD #BD4F2B #50BD2B

split-complementary

#2B99BD #BD2B50 #BD982B

monochromatic

#144859 #20718B #2B99BD #4EB5D7 #80CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#2B99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#2B99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B99BD

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B99BD	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7d1',
    500: '#2b99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b99bd;
$custom-light: #7bb7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63855,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B99BD

secondary

#CB8D79

accent

#6A42E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B99BD

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

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