#2B85A5#2B85A5

#2B85A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.096 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2B85A5
RGBrgb(43, 133, 165)
HSLhsl(196, 59%, 41%)
HSVhsv(196, 74%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(73.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(51.84, -15.35, -24.58)
CIE-LCHlch(51.84, 28.98, 238.01°)
OKLaboklab(57.84% -0.0663 -0.0689)
OKLCHoklch(57.84% 0.096 226.1)
XYZxyz(16.1725, 20.0034, 38.5987)
Luminance0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2B85A5 #A54B2B
analogous
#2BA588 #2B85A5 #2B48A5
triadic
#2B85A5 #A52B85 #85A52B
tetradic
#2B85A5 #882BA5 #A54B2B #48A52B
square
#2B85A5 #882BA5 #A54B2B #48A52B
split-complementary
#2B85A5 #A52B48 #A5882B
monochromatic
#123744 #1E5E74 #2B85A5 #40A8CD #71BEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20
#2B85A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00
#2B85A5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85A5
5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2B85A5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2B85A51.004.205.005.00
#FFFFFF4.201.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0021.001.001.00
##0000005.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7482A7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6376A5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2b85a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.096 226.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8bf',
    500: '#2b85a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2b85a5;
$custom-light: #76a8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2b85a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57842,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2B85A5
secondary
#C1816B
accent
#6F46E2
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F7
border
#C9CED0
text
#0A0F12
muted
#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85A5

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#2B85A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva