#2A85A7#2A85A7

#2A85A7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.098 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A85A7
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 20.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, -14.80, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 29.61, 240.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.066 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.098 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3146, 20.0554, 39.5630)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A85A7 #A74C2A

analogous

#2AA78A #2A85A7 #2A46A7

triadic

#2A85A7 #A72A85 #85A72A

tetradic

#2A85A7 #8A2AA7 #A74C2A #46A72A

square

#2A85A7 #8A2AA7 #A74C2A #46A72A

split-complementary

#2A85A7 #A72A46 #A78A2A

monochromatic

#113745 #1E5E76 #2A85A7 #3FA8CF #70BEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#2A85A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#2A85A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A85A7

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A85A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A85A7	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7383A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6276A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a85a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.098 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8c1',
    500: '#2a85a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a85a7;
$custom-light: #76a8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a85a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5791,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A85A7

secondary

#C2826B

accent

#7045E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A85A7

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

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