#2B9CB9#2B9CB9

#2B9CB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.105 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CB9
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 185)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -20.99, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 31.81, 228.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0814 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.105 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6380, 27.7907, 50.1133)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CB9 #B9482B

analogous

#2BB98F #2B9CB9 #2B55B9

triadic

#2B9CB9 #B92B9C #9CB92B

tetradic

#2B9CB9 #8F2BB9 #B9482B #55B92B

square

#2B9CB9 #8F2BB9 #B9482B #55B92B

split-complementary

#2B9CB9 #B92B55 #B98F2B

monochromatic

#144856 #1F7287 #2B9CB9 #4CB9D5 #7ECDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#2B9CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#2B9CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CB9

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CB9	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.105 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9ce',
    500: '#2b9cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9cb9;
$custom-light: #7bb9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.254,
    "s": 62.281,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64409,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CB9

secondary

#C98776

accent

#6442E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CB9

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

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