#2B86B8#2B86B8

#2B86B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.113 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B86B8
RGB	rgb(43, 134, 184)
HSL	hsl(201, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -9.27, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 35.01, 254.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0604 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.113 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1697, 21.0223, 48.4382)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B86B8 #B85D2B

analogous

#2BB8A4 #2B86B8 #2B3FB8

triadic

#2B86B8 #B82B86 #86B82B

tetradic

#2B86B8 #A42BB8 #B85D2B #3FB82B

square

#2B86B8 #A42BB8 #B85D2B #3FB82B

split-complementary

#2B86B8 #B82B3F #B8A42B

monochromatic

#143E55 #1F6286 #2B86B8 #4BA4D5 #7DBDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#2B86B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#2B86B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B86B8

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B86B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B86B8	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E86BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b86b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 134, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.113 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a9cd',
    500: '#2b86b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b86b8;
$custom-light: #79a9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b86b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.277,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59019,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B86B8

secondary

#C99376

accent

#7C43E5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B86B8

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

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