#2BB9EC#2BB9EC

#2BB9EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BB9EC
RGB	rgb(43, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 84%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -19.13, -35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 40.45, 241.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0894 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.134 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4793, 41.2634, 85.5407)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BB9EC #EC5E2B

analogous

#2BECBF #2BB9EC #2B59EC

triadic

#2BB9EC #EC2BB9 #B9EC2B

tetradic

#2BB9EC #BF2BEC #EC5E2B #59EC2B

square

#2BB9EC #BF2BEC #EC5E2B #59EC2B

split-complementary

#2BB9EC #EC2B59 #ECBF2B

monochromatic

#0D6D90 #1298C8 #2BB9EC #63CCF1 #9BDEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#2BB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#2BB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BB9EC

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BB9EC	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bb9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cef2',
    500: '#2bb9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bb9ec;
$custom-light: #85cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bb9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.855,
    "s": 83.55,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73627,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BB9EC

secondary

#E2A691

accent

#642EFA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BB9EC

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

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