#2B85A4#2B85A4

#2B85A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.095 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85A4
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 164)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 18.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, -15.69, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 28.73, 236.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0666 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.095 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0819, 19.9671, 38.1212)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85A4 #A44A2B

analogous

#2BA486 #2B85A4 #2B48A4

triadic

#2B85A4 #A42B85 #85A42B

tetradic

#2B85A4 #862BA4 #A44A2B #48A42B

square

#2B85A4 #862BA4 #A44A2B #48A42B

split-complementary

#2B85A4 #A42B48 #A4862B

monochromatic

#123643 #1E5E74 #2B85A4 #3FA9CD #70BED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#2B85A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#2B85A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85A4

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85A4	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7482A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6476A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.095 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8bf',
    500: '#2b85a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85a4;
$custom-light: #76a8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.372,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57796,
    "c": 0.09479,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85A4

secondary

#C1806A

accent

#6E46E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85A4

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

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