#2A85B6#2A85B6

#2A85B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.112 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A85B6
RGB	rgb(42, 133, 182)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(201, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 26.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -9.53, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 34.60, 254.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0606 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.112 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7825, 20.6426, 47.2941)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A85B6 #B65B2A

analogous

#2AB6A1 #2A85B6 #2A3FB6

triadic

#2A85B6 #B62A85 #85B62A

tetradic

#2A85B6 #A12AB6 #B65B2A #3FB62A

square

#2A85B6 #A12AB6 #B65B2A #3FB62A

split-complementary

#2A85B6 #B62A3F #B6A12A

monochromatic

#133C53 #1F6184 #2A85B6 #48A4D5 #7ABDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#2A85B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#2A85B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A85B6

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A85B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A85B6	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E85B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a85b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 133, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.112 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a8cc',
    500: '#2a85b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a85b6;
$custom-light: #78a8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a85b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5865,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A85B6

secondary

#C89173

accent

#7B42E6

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A85B6

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

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