#2B5E9C#2B5E9C

#2B5E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.114 H 254.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B5E9C
RGB	rgb(43, 94, 156)
HSL	hsl(213, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(213, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 39.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 4.67, -38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 39.00, 276.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% -0.0299 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.114 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9975, 10.9181, 32.9739)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B5E9C #9C692B

analogous

#2B979C #2B5E9C #302B9C

triadic

#2B5E9C #9C2B5E #5E9C2B

tetradic

#2B5E9C #9C2B97 #9C692B #2B9C30

square

#2B5E9C #9C2B97 #9C692B #2B9C30

split-complementary

#2B5E9C #9C302B #979C2B

monochromatic

#11243C #1E416C #2B5E9C #3B7BC9 #6B9BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#2B5E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#2B5E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B5E9C

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B5E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B5E9C	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41639E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30589B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b5e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 94, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.114 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#738bb9',
    500: '#2b5e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b5e9c;
$custom-light: #738bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b5e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.92,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47892,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B5E9C

secondary

#BD9666

accent

#9B48E0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#090B11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B5E9C

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

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