#2A85AD#2A85AD

#2A85AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.103 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A85AD
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, -12.71, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 31.40, 246.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.0637 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.103 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8822, 20.2824, 42.5522)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A85AD #AD522A

analogous

#2AAD94 #2A85AD #2A43AD

triadic

#2A85AD #AD2A85 #85AD2A

tetradic

#2A85AD #942AAD #AD522A #43AD2A

square

#2A85AD #942AAD #AD522A #43AD2A

split-complementary

#2A85AD #AD2A43 #AD942A

monochromatic

#12394B #1E5F7C #2A85AD #43A6D1 #74BDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#2A85AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#2A85AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A85AD

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A85AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A85AD	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7183AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a85ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.103 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a8c5',
    500: '#2a85ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a85ad;
$custom-light: #77a8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a85ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58198,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A85AD

secondary

#C5896E

accent

#7544E4

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A85AD

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

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