#2B6D8B#2B6D8B

#2B6D8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.081 H 231.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B6D8B
RGB	rgb(43, 109, 139)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -10.74, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 25.02, 244.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.6% -0.0509 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(50.6% 0.081 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1233, 13.3137, 26.4047)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B6D8B #8B492B

analogous

#2B8B79 #2B6D8B #2B3D8B

triadic

#2B6D8B #8B2B6D #6D8B2B

tetradic

#2B6D8B #792B8B #8B492B #3D8B2B

square

#2B6D8B #792B8B #8B492B #3D8B2B

split-complementary

#2B6D8B #8B2B3D #8B792B

monochromatic

#0E242E #1D485C #2B6D8B #3992BA #62ADCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#2B6D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#2B6D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B6D8B

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B6D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B6D8B	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b6d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 109, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.081 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7096ad',
    500: '#2b6d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b6d8b;
$custom-light: #7096ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b6d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50602,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B6D8B

secondary

#B5795D

accent

#794CDC

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B6D8B

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

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