#2A85A5#2A85A5

#2A85A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.096 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A85A5
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -15.48, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 29.08, 237.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.0667 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.096 226)
XYZ	xyz(16.1311, 19.9820, 38.5968)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A85A5 #A54A2A

analogous

#2AA587 #2A85A5 #2A47A5

triadic

#2A85A5 #A52A85 #85A52A

tetradic

#2A85A5 #872AA5 #A54A2A #47A52A

square

#2A85A5 #872AA5 #A54A2A #47A52A

split-complementary

#2A85A5 #A52A47 #A5872A

monochromatic

#113643 #1E5E74 #2A85A5 #3EA9CE #6FBEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#2A85A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#2A85A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A85A5

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A85A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A85A5	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7482A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6376A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a85a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.096 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8bf',
    500: '#2a85a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a85a5;
$custom-light: #76a8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a85a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.61,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57816,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.19984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A85A5

secondary

#C18069

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A85A5

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

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