#2A85A9#2A85A9

#2A85A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.099 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A85A9
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, -14.10, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 30.17, 242.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.0652 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.099 229)
XYZ	xyz(16.5009, 20.1299, 40.5442)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A85A9 #A94E2A

analogous

#2AA98E #2A85A9 #2A46A9

triadic

#2A85A9 #A92A85 #85A92A

tetradic

#2A85A9 #8E2AA9 #A94E2A #46A92A

square

#2A85A9 #8E2AA9 #A94E2A #46A92A

split-complementary

#2A85A9 #A92A46 #A98E2A

monochromatic

#123847 #1E5E78 #2A85A9 #41A7D0 #72BEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#2A85A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#2A85A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A85A9

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A85A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A85A9	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7283AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6177A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a85a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.099 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76a8c2',
    500: '#2a85a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a85a9;
$custom-light: #76a8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a85a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.008,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58005,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.20132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A85A9

secondary

#C3846C

accent

#7144E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A85A9

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

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