#2B9ABD#2B9ABD

#2B9ABD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.108 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9ABD
RGB	rgb(43, 154, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -18.59, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 32.66, 235.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0779 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.108 224)
XYZ	xyz(21.7334, 27.2963, 52.2575)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9ABD #BD4E2B

analogous

#2BBD97 #2B9ABD #2B51BD

triadic

#2B9ABD #BD2B9A #9ABD2B

tetradic

#2B9ABD #972BBD #BD4E2B #51BD2B

square

#2B9ABD #972BBD #BD4E2B #51BD2B

split-complementary

#2B9ABD #BD2B51 #BD972B

monochromatic

#144959 #20718B #2B9ABD #4EB6D7 #80CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2B9ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#2B9ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9ABD

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9ABD	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 154, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.108 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8d1',
    500: '#2b9abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9abd;
$custom-light: #7bb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64098,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.27299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9ABD

secondary

#CB8D79

accent

#6942E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9ABD

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

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