#2B9BB5#2B9BB5

#2B9BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.103 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9BB5
RGB	rgb(43, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -21.78, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 31.21, 225.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.082 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.103 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0546, 27.2899, 47.8649)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9BB5 #B5452B

analogous

#2BB58A #2B9BB5 #2B56B5

triadic

#2B9BB5 #B52B9B #9BB52B

tetradic

#2B9BB5 #8A2BB5 #B5452B #56B52B

square

#2B9BB5 #8A2BB5 #B5452B #56B52B

split-complementary

#2B9BB5 #B52B56 #B58A2B

monochromatic

#144652 #1F7184 #2B9BB5 #49BAD4 #7BCDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2B9BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#2B9BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9BB5

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9BB5	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)

#8A96B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7789B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.103 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8cb',
    500: '#2b9bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9bb5;
$custom-light: #7ab8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63991,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9BB5

secondary

#C88474

accent

#6243E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9BB5

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

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