#2B9CBD#2B9CBD

#2B9CBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.108 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CBD
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -19.66, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 32.53, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0798 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.108 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0662, 27.9620, 52.3685)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CBD #BD4C2B

analogous

#2BBD95 #2B9CBD #2B53BD

triadic

#2B9CBD #BD2B9C #9CBD2B

tetradic

#2B9CBD #952BBD #BD4C2B #53BD2B

square

#2B9CBD #952BBD #BD4C2B #53BD2B

split-complementary

#2B9CBD #BD2B53 #BD952B

monochromatic

#144A59 #20738B #2B9CBD #4EB8D7 #80CCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2B9CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2B9CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CBD

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CBD	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.108 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9d1',
    500: '#2b9cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9cbd;
$custom-light: #7bb9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.562,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64585,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CBD

secondary

#CB8B79

accent

#6742E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CBD

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

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