#2B85B4#2B85B4

#2B85B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.109 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85B4
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 180)
HSL	hsl(201, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -10.12, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 33.77, 252.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0608 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.109 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6187, 20.5819, 46.2153)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85B4 #B45A2B

analogous

#2BB49E #2B85B4 #2B40B4

triadic

#2B85B4 #B42B85 #85B42B

tetradic

#2B85B4 #9E2BB4 #B45A2B #40B42B

square

#2B85B4 #9E2BB4 #B45A2B #40B42B

split-complementary

#2B85B4 #B42B40 #B49E2B

monochromatic

#133C51 #1F6083 #2B85B4 #49A4D3 #7ABDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#2B85B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#2B85B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85B4

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85B4	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E84B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C77B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.109 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8ca',
    500: '#2b85b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85b4;
$custom-light: #78a8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.584,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58573,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85B4

secondary

#C79073

accent

#7B43E5

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85B4

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

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