#2B5B8D#2B5B8D

#2B5B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.097 H 251.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5B8D
RGB	rgb(43, 91, 141)
HSL	hsl(211, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(211, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.69, 0.95, -32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.69, 32.47, 271.68°)
OKLab	oklab(46.26% -0.0308 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(46.26% 0.097 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5433, 9.9179, 26.6055)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5B8D #8D5D2B

analogous

#2B8C8D #2B5B8D #2C2B8D

triadic

#2B5B8D #8D2B5B #5B8D2B

tetradic

#2B5B8D #8D2B8C #8D5D2B #2B8D2C

square

#2B5B8D #8D2B8C #8D5D2B #2B8D2C

split-complementary

#2B5B8D #8D2C2B #8C8D2B

monochromatic

#0E1E2F #1D3D5E #2B5B8D #3979BC #6398CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#2B5B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#2B5B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5B8D

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5B8D	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37558C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 91, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.097 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7089ae',
    500: '#2b5b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5b8d;
$custom-light: #7089ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.612,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46255,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5B8D

secondary

#B68B5E

accent

#954BDD

background

#F7F8FA

surface

#EDEFF4

border

#C8CACE

text

#080B10

muted

#7B7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5B8D

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

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