#2B9DB8#2B9DB8

#2B9DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.105 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9DB8
RGB	rgb(43, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -21.84, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 31.67, 226.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0827 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.105 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7013, 28.0856, 49.6154)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9DB8 #B8462B

analogous

#2BB88C #2B9DB8 #2B57B8

triadic

#2B9DB8 #B82B9D #9DB82B

tetradic

#2B9DB8 #8C2BB8 #B8462B #57B82B

square

#2B9DB8 #8C2BB8 #B8462B #57B82B

split-complementary

#2B9DB8 #B82B57 #B88C2B

monochromatic

#144855 #1F7386 #2B9DB8 #4BBBD5 #7DCDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#2B9DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#2B9DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9DB8

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9DB8	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.105 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbacd',
    500: '#2b9db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9db8;
$custom-light: #7bbacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.489,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64611,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9DB8

secondary

#C98676

accent

#6243E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9DB8

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

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