#2B9DC4#2B9DC4

#2B9DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.113 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B9DC4
RGB	rgb(43, 157, 196)
HSL	hsl(195, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -17.83, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 34.00, 238.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0781 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.113 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0129, 28.6102, 56.5233)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B9DC4 #C4522B

analogous

#2BC49F #2B9DC4 #2B51C4

triadic

#2B9DC4 #C42B9D #9DC42B

tetradic

#2B9DC4 #9F2BC4 #C4522B #51C42B

square

#2B9DC4 #9F2BC4 #C4522B #51C42B

split-complementary

#2B9DC4 #C42B51 #C49F2B

monochromatic

#154D60 #207592 #2B9DC4 #53B7D9 #85CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#2B9DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#2B9DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B9DC4

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B9DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B9DC4	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b9dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 157, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.113 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad6',
    500: '#2b9dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b9dc4;
$custom-light: #7cbad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b9dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65144,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B9DC4

secondary

#CE927D

accent

#6B41E7

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B9DC4

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

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