#2B85AD#2B85AD

#2B85AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.103 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85AD
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, -12.58, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 31.32, 246.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0633 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.103 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9236, 20.3038, 42.5542)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85AD #AD532B

analogous

#2BAD94 #2B85AD #2B44AD

triadic

#2B85AD #AD2B85 #85AD2B

tetradic

#2B85AD #942BAD #AD532B #44AD2B

square

#2B85AD #942BAD #AD532B #44AD2B

split-complementary

#2B85AD #AD2B44 #AD942B

monochromatic

#133A4B #1F5F7C #2B85AD #45A6D1 #76BDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2B85AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2B85AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85AD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85AD	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7183AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.103 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a8c5',
    500: '#2b85ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85ad;
$custom-light: #77a8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58224,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85AD

secondary

#C48A6F

accent

#7544E3

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85AD

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

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