#2B9CC4#2B9CC4

#2B9CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.113 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9CC4
RGB	rgb(43, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -17.29, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 34.12, 239.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0772 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.113 227)
XYZ	xyz(22.8444, 28.2733, 56.4671)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9CC4 #C4532B

analogous

#2BC4A0 #2B9CC4 #2B50C4

triadic

#2B9CC4 #C42B9C #9CC42B

tetradic

#2B9CC4 #A02BC4 #C4532B #50C42B

square

#2B9CC4 #A02BC4 #C4532B #50C42B

split-complementary

#2B9CC4 #C42B50 #C4A02B

monochromatic

#154C60 #207492 #2B9CC4 #53B6D9 #85CBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#2B9CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#2B9CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9CC4

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9CC4	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.113 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d6',
    500: '#2b9cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9cc4;
$custom-light: #7cb9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64902,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.28276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9CC4

secondary

#CE927D

accent

#6C41E7

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9CC4

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

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