#2B5CED#2B5CED

#2B5CED is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.225 H 265.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5CED
RGB	rgb(43, 92, 237)
HSL	hsl(225, 84%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(225, 82%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 61.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 36.57, -77.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 85.49, 295.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% -0.0194 -0.2237)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.225 265)
XYZ	xyz(20.1041, 14.2799, 81.8010)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5CED #EDBC2B

analogous

#2BBDED #2B5CED #5B2BED

triadic

#2B5CED #ED2B5C #5CED2B

tetradic

#2B5CED #ED2BBD #EDBC2B #2BED5B

square

#2B5CED #ED2BBD #EDBC2B #2BED5B

split-complementary

#2B5CED #ED5B2B #BDED2B

monochromatic

#0C2E91 #1140CA #2B5CED #6387F2 #9CB3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#2B5CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#2B5CED on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5CED

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5CED	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0073F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0061EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00829C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 92, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.225 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8589f4',
    500: '#2b5ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5ced;
$custom-light: #8589f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.845,
    "s": 84.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53646,
    "c": 0.22453,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.14282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5CED

secondary

#E3CE91

accent

#C72DFB

background

#F9F8FF

surface

#F1F0FE

border

#CBCBD6

text

#0D0B17

muted

#7E7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5CED

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

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