#2B6E9C#2B6E9C

#2B6E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.099 H 242.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B6E9C
RGBrgb(43, 110, 156)
HSLhsl(204, 57%, 39%)
HSVhsv(204, 72%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 29.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(44.33, -5.28, -31.01)
CIE-LCHlch(44.33, 31.45, 260.34°)
OKLaboklab(51.73% -0.046 -0.0876)
OKLCHoklch(51.73% 0.099 242.3)
XYZxyz(12.5706, 14.0644, 33.4982)
Luminance0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B6E9C #9C592B
analogous
#2B9C92 #2B6E9C #2B369C
triadic
#2B6E9C #9C2B6E #6E9C2B
tetradic
#2B6E9C #922B9C #9C592B #369C2B
square
#2B6E9C #922B9C #9C592B #369C2B
split-complementary
#2B6E9C #9C2B36 #9C922B
monochromatic
#112A3C #1E4C6C #2B6E9C #3B8FC9 #6BABD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51
#2B6E9C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81
#2B6E9C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B6E9C
5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B6E9C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##2B6E9C1.005.513.815.51
#FFFFFF5.511.0021.001.00
#0000003.8121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.511.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#596F9E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#49649B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00797E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b6e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 110, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.099 242.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7397b9',
    500: '#2b6e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b6e9c;
$custom-light: #7397b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b6e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.425,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51727,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B6E9C
secondary
#BD8966
accent
#8648E0
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF2F6
border
#C8CCD0
text
#090D11
muted
#7B7E80

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#2B6E9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva