#2A85B3#2A85B3

#2A85B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.109 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A85B3
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 179)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(200, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -10.60, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 33.48, 251.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.0616 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.109 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4758, 20.5199, 45.6788)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A85B3 #B3582A

analogous

#2AB39C #2A85B3 #2A40B3

triadic

#2A85B3 #B32A85 #85B32A

tetradic

#2A85B3 #9C2AB3 #B3582A #40B32A

square

#2A85B3 #9C2AB3 #B3582A #40B32A

split-complementary

#2A85B3 #B32A40 #B39C2A

monochromatic

#133B50 #1E6081 #2A85B3 #46A4D4 #78BDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#2A85B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#2A85B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A85B3

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A85B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A85B3	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F84B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C77B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a85b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.109 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8ca',
    500: '#2a85b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a85b3;
$custom-light: #78a8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a85b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.146,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58497,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A85B3

secondary

#C78E72

accent

#7943E5

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A85B3

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

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