#2A85A8#2A85A8

#2A85A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.098 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A85A8
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 20.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -14.45, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 29.89, 241.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0656 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.098 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4074, 20.0925, 40.0517)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A85A8 #A84D2A

analogous

#2AA88C #2A85A8 #2A46A8

triadic

#2A85A8 #A82A85 #85A82A

tetradic

#2A85A8 #8C2AA8 #A84D2A #46A82A

square

#2A85A8 #8C2AA8 #A84D2A #46A82A

split-complementary

#2A85A8 #A82A46 #A88C2A

monochromatic

#123746 #1E5E77 #2A85A8 #40A7CF #71BEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#2A85A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#2A85A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A85A8

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A85A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A85A8	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7383AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6276A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a85a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.098 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8c2',
    500: '#2a85a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a85a8;
$custom-light: #76a8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a85a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57957,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A85A8

secondary

#C3836B

accent

#7145E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A85A8

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

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