#2B6B8D#2B6B8D

#2B6B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.084 H 235.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B6B8D
RGB	rgb(43, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, -8.87, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 26.18, 250.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% -0.048 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.084 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0598, 12.9509, 27.1110)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B6B8D #8D4D2B

analogous

#2B8D7E #2B6B8D #2B3A8D

triadic

#2B6B8D #8D2B6B #6B8D2B

tetradic

#2B6B8D #7E2B8D #8D4D2B #3A8D2B

square

#2B6B8D #7E2B8D #8D4D2B #3A8D2B

split-complementary

#2B6B8D #8D2B3A #8D7E2B

monochromatic

#0E242F #1D475E #2B6B8D #398FBC #63AACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#2B6B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#2B6B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B6B8D

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B6B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B6B8D	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b6b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.084 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7095ae',
    500: '#2b6b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b6b8d;
$custom-light: #7095ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b6b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.816,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50199,
    "c": 0.08424,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B6B8D

secondary

#B67D5E

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B6B8D

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

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