#2B9CB8#2B9CB8

#2B9CB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.105 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CB8
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -21.32, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 31.65, 227.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0818 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.105 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5328, 27.7486, 49.5593)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CB8 #B8472B

analogous

#2BB88E #2B9CB8 #2B55B8

triadic

#2B9CB8 #B82B9C #9CB82B

tetradic

#2B9CB8 #8E2BB8 #B8472B #55B82B

square

#2B9CB8 #8E2BB8 #B8472B #55B82B

split-complementary

#2B9CB8 #B82B55 #B88E2B

monochromatic

#144855 #1F7286 #2B9CB8 #4BBAD5 #7DCDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2B9CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#2B9CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CB8

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CB8	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.105 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9cd',
    500: '#2b9cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9cb8;
$custom-light: #7bb9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.915,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64365,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CB8

secondary

#C98676

accent

#6343E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CB8

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

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