#2B85B6#2B85B6

#2B85B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.111 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85B6
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 182)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(201, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 26.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, -9.41, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 34.53, 254.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0601 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.111 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8239, 20.6639, 47.2960)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85B6 #B65C2B

analogous

#2BB6A2 #2B85B6 #2B40B6

triadic

#2B85B6 #B62B85 #85B62B

tetradic

#2B85B6 #A22BB6 #B65C2B #40B62B

square

#2B85B6 #A22BB6 #B65C2B #40B62B

split-complementary

#2B85B6 #B62B40 #B6A22B

monochromatic

#143D53 #1F6184 #2B85B6 #4AA3D4 #7BBDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#2B85B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#2B85B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85B6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85B6	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E85B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.111 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8cc',
    500: '#2b85b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85b6;
$custom-light: #79a8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.151,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58675,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85B6

secondary

#C89275

accent

#7C43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85B6

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

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