#2B85C6#2B85C6

#2B85C6 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.129 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B85C6
RGB	rgb(43, 133, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(205, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 32.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -3.64, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 41.32, 264.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0551 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.129 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5729, 21.3635, 56.5071)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B85C6 #C66C2B

analogous

#2BC6B9 #2B85C6 #2B38C6

triadic

#2B85C6 #C62B85 #85C62B

tetradic

#2B85C6 #B92BC6 #C66C2B #38C62B

square

#2B85C6 #B92BC6 #C66C2B #38C62B

split-complementary

#2B85C6 #C62B38 #C6B92B

monochromatic

#154161 #206394 #2B85C6 #54A2DA #87BDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#2B85C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#2B85C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B85C6

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B85C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B85C6	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6787C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5179C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b85c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 133, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.129 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba8d7',
    500: '#2b85c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b85c6;
$custom-light: #7ba8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b85c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59532,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B85C6

secondary

#CEA07F

accent

#8640E7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B85C6

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

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