#2B9CB6#2B9CB6

#2B9CB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.104 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CB6
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -21.98, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 31.37, 225.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0826 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.104 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3246, 27.6653, 48.4629)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CB6 #B6452B

analogous

#2BB68B #2B9CB6 #2B57B6

triadic

#2B9CB6 #B62B9C #9CB62B

tetradic

#2B9CB6 #8B2BB6 #B6452B #57B62B

square

#2B9CB6 #8B2BB6 #B6452B #57B62B

split-complementary

#2B9CB6 #B62B57 #B68B2B

monochromatic

#144753 #1F7284 #2B9CB6 #4ABAD4 #7BCDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2B9CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#2B9CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CB6

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CB6	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.104 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9cc',
    500: '#2b9cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9cb6;
$custom-light: #7ab9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.223,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64279,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CB6

secondary

#C88475

accent

#6143E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CB6

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

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