#2B85C4#2B85C4

#2B85C4 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.127 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85C4
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 32.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -4.37, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 40.42, 263.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0557 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.127 244)
XYZ	xyz(19.3437, 21.2718, 55.3002)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85C4 #C46A2B

analogous

#2BC4B7 #2B85C4 #2B38C4

triadic

#2B85C4 #C42B85 #85C42B

tetradic

#2B85C4 #B72BC4 #C46A2B #38C42B

square

#2B85C4 #B72BC4 #C46A2B #38C42B

split-complementary

#2B85C4 #C42B38 #C4B72B

monochromatic

#154160 #206392 #2B85C4 #53A2D9 #85BDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2B85C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2B85C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85C4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85C4	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6887C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5279C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00949B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.127 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba8d6',
    500: '#2b85c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85c4;
$custom-light: #7ba8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59422,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.21274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85C4

secondary

#CE9E7D

accent

#8541E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85C4

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

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