#2A85A4#2A85A4

#2A85A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.095 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2A85A4
RGBrgb(42, 133, 164)
HSLhsl(195, 59%, 40%)
HSVhsv(195, 74%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(74.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(51.78, -15.83, -24.10)
CIE-LCHlch(51.78, 28.84, 236.71°)
OKLaboklab(57.77% -0.0671 -0.0675)
OKLCHoklch(57.77% 0.095 225.2)
XYZxyz(16.0405, 19.9458, 38.1193)
Luminance0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2A85A4 #A4492A
analogous
#2AA486 #2A85A4 #2A48A4
triadic
#2A85A4 #A42A85 #85A42A
tetradic
#2A85A4 #862AA4 #A4492A #48A42A
square
#2A85A4 #862AA4 #A4492A #48A42A
split-complementary
#2A85A4 #A42A48 #A4862A
monochromatic
#113643 #1E5D73 #2A85A4 #3EA9CD #6EBFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21
#2A85A4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99
#2A85A4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A85A4
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2A85A4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2A85A41.004.214.994.99
#FFFFFF4.211.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9921.001.001.00
##0000004.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7482A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6376A4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2a85a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.095 225.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a8bf',
    500: '#2a85a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2a85a4;
$custom-light: #75a8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2a85a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.246,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5777,
    "c": 0.09521,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2A85A4
secondary
#C17F69
accent
#6D45E2
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F7
border
#C9CED0
text
#0A0F12
muted
#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A85A4

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#2A85A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva