#2B6DBD#2B6DBD

#2B6DBD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.142 H 255.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B6DBD
RGBrgb(43, 109, 189)
HSLhsl(213, 63%, 45%)
HSVhsv(213, 77%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(77.2%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(45.80, 7.64, -47.98)
CIE-LCHlch(45.80, 48.58, 279.05°)
OKLaboklab(53.47% -0.0361 -0.1373)
OKLCHoklch(53.47% 0.142 255.3)
XYZxyz(15.6468, 15.1232, 50.2287)
Luminance0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B6DBD #BD7B2B
analogous
#2BB6BD #2B6DBD #322BBD
triadic
#2B6DBD #BD2B6D #6DBD2B
tetradic
#2B6DBD #BD2BB6 #BD7B2B #2BBD32
square
#2B6DBD #BD2BB6 #BD7B2B #2BBD32
split-complementary
#2B6DBD #BD322B #B6BD2B
monochromatic
#143359 #20508B #2B6DBD #4E8CD7 #80ADE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22
#2B6DBD on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02
#2B6DBD on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B6DBD
5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B6DBD#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2B6DBD1.005.224.025.22
#FFFFFF5.221.0021.001.00
#0000004.0221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.221.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4674C0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2B66BB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00808C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b6dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.142 255.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a96d1',
    500: '#2b6dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b6dbd;
$custom-light: #7a96d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b6dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.877,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53465,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B6DBD
secondary
#CBA679
accent
#9C42E6
background
#F8F9FC
surface
#EFF1F9
border
#CACBD2
text
#0B0D14
muted
#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B6DBD

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#2B6DBD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva