#2B85A8#2B85A8

#2B85A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.098 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85A8
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(197, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, -14.32, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 29.79, 241.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0651 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.098 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4488, 20.1139, 40.0537)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85A8 #A84E2B

analogous

#2BA88D #2B85A8 #2B47A8

triadic

#2B85A8 #A82B85 #85A82B

tetradic

#2B85A8 #8D2BA8 #A84E2B #47A82B

square

#2B85A8 #8D2BA8 #A84E2B #47A82B

split-complementary

#2B85A8 #A82B47 #A88D2B

monochromatic

#123847 #1F5E77 #2B85A8 #42A7CF #72BEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#2B85A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#2B85A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85A8

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85A8	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7383AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6277A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.098 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8c2',
    500: '#2b85a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85a8;
$custom-light: #76a8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57983,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85A8

secondary

#C2846C

accent

#7145E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85A8

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

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