#2B85AE#2B85AE

#2B85AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.103 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85AE
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(199, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, -12.23, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 31.65, 247.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0629 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.103 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0207, 20.3426, 43.0657)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85AE #AE542B

analogous

#2BAE96 #2B85AE #2B43AE

triadic

#2B85AE #AE2B85 #85AE2B

tetradic

#2B85AE #962BAE #AE542B #43AE2B

square

#2B85AE #962BAE #AE542B #43AE2B

split-complementary

#2B85AE #AE2B43 #AE962B

monochromatic

#133A4C #1F5F7D #2B85AE #45A5D1 #76BDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#2B85AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#2B85AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85AE

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85AE	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7184B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.103 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a8c6',
    500: '#2b85ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85ae;
$custom-light: #77a8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58273,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85AE

secondary

#C58A70

accent

#7644E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85AE

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

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