#2B85B8#2B85B8

#2B85B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.114 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85B8
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 184)
HSL	hsl(202, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(202, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -8.70, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 35.32, 255.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0594 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.114 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0321, 20.7472, 48.3924)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85B8 #B85E2B

analogous

#2BB8A5 #2B85B8 #2B3FB8

triadic

#2B85B8 #B82B85 #85B82B

tetradic

#2B85B8 #A52BB8 #B85E2B #3FB82B

square

#2B85B8 #A52BB8 #B85E2B #3FB82B

split-complementary

#2B85B8 #B82B3F #B8A52B

monochromatic

#143D55 #1F6186 #2B85B8 #4BA3D5 #7DBCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#2B85B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#2B85B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85B8

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85B8	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D85BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.114 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8cd',
    500: '#2b85b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85b8;
$custom-light: #79a8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58778,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85B8

secondary

#C99476

accent

#7D43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85B8

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

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