#2B85A9#2B85A9

#2B85A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.099 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85A9
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, -13.98, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 30.08, 242.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0647 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.099 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5423, 20.1513, 40.5462)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85A9 #A94F2B

analogous

#2BA98E #2B85A9 #2B46A9

triadic

#2B85A9 #A92B85 #85A92B

tetradic

#2B85A9 #8E2BA9 #A94F2B #46A92B

square

#2B85A9 #8E2BA9 #A94F2B #46A92B

split-complementary

#2B85A9 #A92B46 #A98E2B

monochromatic

#123847 #1F5F78 #2B85A9 #42A7CF #73BEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#2B85A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#2B85A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85A9

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85A9	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7283AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6177A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.099 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8c2',
    500: '#2b85a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85a9;
$custom-light: #76a8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58031,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85A9

secondary

#C3866D

accent

#7245E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85A9

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

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