#2B81A2#2B81A2

#2B81A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.094 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B81A2
RGB	rgb(43, 129, 162)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(197, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, -14.16, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 28.69, 240.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.0633 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.094 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3655, 18.8210, 36.9984)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B81A2 #A24C2B

analogous

#2BA288 #2B81A2 #2B45A2

triadic

#2B81A2 #A22B81 #81A22B

tetradic

#2B81A2 #882BA2 #A24C2B #45A22B

square

#2B81A2 #882BA2 #A24C2B #45A22B

split-complementary

#2B81A2 #A22B45 #A2882B

monochromatic

#113441 #1E5A72 #2B81A2 #3EA5CC #6FBBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#2B81A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#2B81A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B81A2

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B81A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B81A2	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F73A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b81a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 129, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.094 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a5bd',
    500: '#2b81a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b81a2;
$custom-light: #75a5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b81a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.639,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5671,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B81A2

secondary

#C08169

accent

#7147E1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B81A2

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

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