#2B6D9C#2B6D9C

#2B6D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.100 H 243.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B6D9C
RGBrgb(43, 109, 156)
HSLhsl(205, 57%, 39%)
HSVhsv(205, 72%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(44.02, -4.67, -31.49)
CIE-LCHlch(44.02, 31.84, 261.56°)
OKLaboklab(51.48% -0.0449 -0.089)
OKLCHoklch(51.48% 0.1 243.2)
XYZxyz(12.4633, 13.8498, 33.4625)
Luminance0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B6D9C #9C5A2B
analogous
#2B9C93 #2B6D9C #2B349C
triadic
#2B6D9C #9C2B6D #6D9C2B
tetradic
#2B6D9C #932B9C #9C5A2B #349C2B
square
#2B6D9C #932B9C #9C5A2B #349C2B
split-complementary
#2B6D9C #9C2B34 #9C932B
monochromatic
#112A3C #1E4B6C #2B6D9C #3B8EC9 #6BAAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57
#2B6D9C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77
#2B6D9C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B6D9C
5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B6D9C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2B6D9C1.005.573.775.57
#FFFFFF5.571.0021.001.00
#0000003.7721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.571.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#586E9E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#48639B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00797E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b6d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 109, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.100 243.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7396b9',
    500: '#2b6d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b6d9c;
$custom-light: #7396b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b6d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.956,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51483,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B6D9C
secondary
#BD8A66
accent
#8748E0
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF2F6
border
#C8CCD0
text
#090D11
muted
#7B7E80

Preview Lab

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#2B6D9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva