#2B9BB3#2B9BB3

#2B9BB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9BB3
RGB	rgb(43, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -22.44, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 30.96, 223.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0828 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.102 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8508, 27.2084, 46.7919)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9BB3 #B3432B

analogous

#2BB387 #2B9BB3 #2B57B3

triadic

#2B9BB3 #B32B9B #9BB32B

tetradic

#2B9BB3 #872BB3 #B3432B #57B32B

square

#2B9BB3 #872BB3 #B3432B #57B32B

split-complementary

#2B9BB3 #B32B57 #B3872B

monochromatic

#134650 #1F7082 #2B9BB3 #48BBD3 #79CDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2B9BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#2B9BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9BB3

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9BB3	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7889B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8c9',
    500: '#2b9bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9bb3;
$custom-light: #7ab8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63905,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9BB3

secondary

#C78273

accent

#6043E4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9BB3

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

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